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Got the chance to see these talented players in action today! It was great having the @WNBA at Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center for All-Star Weekend. 🏀

There’s nothing like a choir to get you fired up! Michelle and I enjoyed this beautiful performance from the Uniting Voices Chicago during the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center.

For more, make sure to listen to Higher Ground's podcast, Reconstruction: The Unfinished Promise, available everywhere:

The arguments we’re having today aren’t new. In fact, we were having many of the same ones more than 150 years ago during Reconstruction. I recently sat down with Malcolm Gladwell to reflect on this pivotal time in our nation’s history, and the work that remains. Check out our conversation: youtube.com/watch?v=kke-VEOBeEw&t=6s

America is a constant work in progress. Every generation must take up the unfinished work of the last and carry it further—protecting what’s right, fixing what’s wrong, and making our union a little more perfect. 250 years later, that’s more important than ever.

Emily, I’m so proud of you! It was great to see how you’re doing – and to find out that you’ve decided to become a nurse. Keep dreaming big dreams and doing great work!

My sister Maya and I were profoundly shaped by the influence of our mom, Ann Dunham. Giving Maya a preview of the Obama Presidential Center, including a new sculpture by Maya Lin dedicated to our mom’s memory, was truly special.

It was great catching up with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson on Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center. We spoke about the game we love, what it means to open the Center in Chicago, and why understanding our history is so important for navigating the world today.

We had a lot of fun—check out our conversation on @AllTheSmoke:

To all the dads out there – Happy Father’s Day! Nothing we do is more fulfilling!

I had one rule this week: no one plays on Home Court until some old friends and I get some shots up. Who’s got next? 🏀

Michelle and I had fun surprising the first group of visitors to the Obama Presidential Center on Juneteenth. Come check it out!