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Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized in Chicago

Jackson, 84, has a neurodegenerative condition called Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

The Independent UK

Abby Phillip Wasn’t Looking for the Spotlight. She Earned It Anyway.

After writing her first book on Jesse Jackson’s legacy, the CNN anchor reflects on risk, resilience, and staying true to herself.

Marie Claire

Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. announces comeback bid in Illinois - Roll Call

Former Illinois Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. announced a comeback bid Wednesday, entering the Democratic primary for the 2nd District.

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Trump just became first US president to drop the F-bomb on live TV. But he’s not the first to be caught cursing

Donald Trump may have crossed a new line but he isn’t the only potty-mouthed president, a tradition that dates all the way back to Abraham Lincoln

The Independent UK

Prominent pastor notified books loaned to African American museum may be returned amid review

A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian Institution would be under review for whether they should remain on display at the institution

The Independent UK

Purpose review – dysfunctional family drama hits highs and lows

Tony-award winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has crafted an ambitious and bold new play but not all of his big swings hit their mark

The Guardian - US

How Jesse Jackson embodied Southern politics − and changed American elections

Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” Like several survivors of that violent day in 1965, when police brutally attacked civil rights protesters, Jackson crossed the…

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How Jesse Jackson’s populist fight for economic and racial justice resonates today

At the recent Democratic Party Convention in the United States, delegates roared their approval when civil rights leader Jesse Jackson was brought on stage to wave to delegates.

The Conversation

Skin-color racism: A short history

Jesse Jackson's campaign to replace "Black" with "African American" ended with 2020. Now we see its ugly aftermath

Salon

DNC committee member proposes alternative way to replace Biden

A former adviser to Jesse Jackson and Bernie Sanders has proposed a plan to have an open contest after Biden’s disastrous appearance in the first debate

The Independent UK

It Didn't Start With Trump

It didn't start with libertarians either—or the 1990s.

Reason

Colleagues’ support for Alsobrooks comes with checks - Roll Call

Maryland Senate candidates Angela Alsobrooks and David Trone each tout endorsements from House Democrats ahead of Tuesday's primary.

Roll Call

Frederick D. Haynes III Resigns As Operation PUSH Leader

Frederick D. Haynes III resigns as leader of Operation PUSH, raising questions about the organization's future direction and leadership.

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Haley as a holdout could still be more than a speed bump for Trump

History shows that when the major party nominees for president have not cleared the field of notable challengers before summer, they tend to lose in the fall.

WEKU

Service helps on MLK Day, but some say it's not enough

U.S. groups will gather for community service projects to honor Martin Luther King Jr., but some say more is needed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Surprise! Rep. Jonathan Jackson star of TV spot for Maryland Senate candidate

Getting out the Black vote is crucial for Maryland Democratic primary Senate candidate Rep. David Trone.

The Guardian - US

Congressman Jonathan Jackson on Biden, Gaza and making his famous father proud

After a lifetime of activism, a son of Jesse Jackson marks his first year as a politician representing Illinois

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Jonathan Jackson, son of civil rights leaders, reflects on first year in Congress

“You have to believe that peace is possible,” says the freshman Democrat and Foreign Affairs Committee member, who has called for a cease-fire.

Cycling Weekly

Marshall 'Major' Taylor - cycling's first Black world champion - could receive a Congressional Medal, 92 years after his death

On Thursday, December 7, 2023, U.S. Congressman Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-01) is introducing a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor –cycling's first Black world champion– in recognition of his significance to the nation as an athlete, trailblazer, role model and equal rights advocate.

The Guardian - UK

The Chemical Brothers: ‘We played on top of a toilet block with sequencers on the loo’

As they head out on tour and publish a visual memoir, the dance duo answer your questions on their greatest gig, courting Kate Bush and Bob Dylan, and dismaying Björk with slap bass

The Guardian - UK

Akyaaba Addai-Sebo: the shocking conversation that led him to start UK Black History Month

In the mid-1980s he invited Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Jesse Jackson and Ray Charles to talk to communities across the country. Thus began an enormous, ongoing, consciousness-changing event

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council OKs spending another $34.5 million on burgeoning migrant crisis

Alderpersons OK’d a $33 million Homeland Security grant to care for asylum-seekers and also agreed to spend $1.5 million in tax increment financing dollars to buy a 10.7-acre property formerly used by the Marine Corps and convert it into a shelter for up to 550 migrants.

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Peter Thiel launched a student newspaper 36 years ago. It has quietly become one of the surest paths to success in Silicon Valley

The conservative Stanford Review didn’t change many minds on campus. But its alums have transformed the tech ecosystem.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago native Minyon Moore to chair 2024 Democratic Convention in Chicago

Minyon Moore got her start in politics in Chicago. She worked in Jesse Jackson’s 1988 presidential campaign, in the Clinton White House and helped usher Ketanji Brown Jackson through her Supreme Court confirmation.

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