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09/10/2025

09/10/2025

Family homelessness is down 61% since 2015.

Part of that is because we closed the unsafe and outdated DC General facility—and replaced it with local, service-rich shelters across the city.

A snapshot of short-term housing for families that we've opened over the past decade⬇️

09/10/2025

IN MEMORIAM: Remembering Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, who died on this day in 2022. https://abcnews.visitlink.me/6-G96N

09/10/2025

For eight years, the Obama Foundation has had the privilege of inspiring, empowering, and connecting changemakers across the globe. Each one of our embodies our mission to build a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world.

Today, we proudly welcome our newest cohorts from Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the United States into our six-month Obama Leaders program. With over 200 leaders from 70 countries and territories, this network is growing stronger by the year — and so is our shared commitment to meaningful change.

👏 Join us in celebrating the 2025-2026 Obama Leaders and learn more about the program by visiting: https://obama.org/programs/leaders/

09/10/2025

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

09/10/2025

09/10/2025

Let me just come right out and say it: I love Bernie Sanders. Happy birthday, old friend. Bernie has more guts than any politician I know. Hell, he has more guts than just about anyone I know. Few people have been as dedicated to unrigging our economy and combatting the American oligarchy as him. Here we are back in 2016 during his first presidential run. He had just given a rousing speech in Oakland. I was proud to support him then and I’m proud to still be in the fight with him now.

09/08/2025

The race has shifted from "Leans Democratic" to "Likely Democratic," with early voting set to begin in just over two weeks.

09/08/2025

09/08/2025

And we're off! The 25th National Book Festival has begun. 📚🙌 loc.gov/bookfest

Image: Crowds enter the Washington Convention Center on Saturday, Sept. 6 for the 25th National Book Festival. Photo by Shawn Miller/Library of Congress.