Barack Obama: “The choice that we make that will help determine our direction for years to come, that choice is going to be up to you.”

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

The success of this experiment was never a given.

We designed the center not to be some lifeless mausoleum.

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.