Obama launches leadership network focused on local civic engagement The former president said he hopes the initiative ‘will develop, connect and elevate changemakers across the country ...

Former President Barack Obama addressed civic engagement for young people during his first public appearance since leaving office, but he didn't mention his successor or detail his thoughts on ...

The Obama Foundation announced Monday that Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, has been appointed to its board ...

Former Obama advisor Jon Powers believes the US solar industry needs to become more politically active, as the oil and gas industry has been. Image: Stephen Walker via Unsplash.

“Obama nostalgia predicted negative attitudes toward the Trump presidency, stronger political engagement intentions and voting intentions, and actual political engagement, above and beyond ...

Former President Barack Obama broke his public silence since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, saying his top post-White House priority is encouraging a new generation of political leaders.

Obama had returned to his adopted hometown of Chicago for his farewell address January 10 at McCormick Place. It’s the city where his political career began—where he had given his victory speeches on ...

OBAMA: We've become a more individualistic society, and that I think has some spillover effects when it comes to both political participation but also in terms of empathy because you're ...

In his nearly hourlong speech, Obama implored young people to get involved in the political process. “It has been the honor of my life to serve you. I won’t stop,” the president said.

President Obama should try to extract the maximum benefit from this visit. In the weeks leading up to the trip, Ethiopia has released some of the journalists it had been holding on spurious grounds.

President Obama is holding nothing back in his effort to sell the country on military strikes in Syria. It’s all there: Plans for a prime time address to the nation Tuesday. One-on-one ...