Barack Obama and Joe Biden waved to supporters on election night in 2008 after they were declared the winners. They held their election night rally in Chicago, Illinois. They walked across the ...

As polls begin to close on Election Night, former President Barack Obama relayed advice to voters anxiously awaiting the final results: Be patient. “It took several days to count every ballot in ...

On election night in 2008, when then Senator Barack ... A huge crowd in Grant Park in Obama's home town of Chicago erupted in jubilation at the news of his victory. Some wept.

Former President Barack Obama speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty Images) CHICAGO–Visitors to this week's ...

“If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.” Barack Obama is the first American president from Chicago. That fact will be the trailblazing Obama’s most lasting legacy. Chicago has ...

Barack Obama ... one election in his life. It was in 2000, and that defeat set him on the course for his eventual U.S. Senate run. Making Obama is a production of listener-supported WBEZ Chicago.