Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson is an African-American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH.
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Views Tuesday, November 19, 2019 The Right to Vote Should Not Fall Victim to Partisan Battles The right to vote is fundamental to any democracy. Protecting that right—and making it easier to exercise it—ought to be a priority across partisan lines. Instead, in states across the country—particularly in the five years since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act—it has become a... Read more |
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Views Sunday, November 17, 2019 Risking Lives in Endless US Wars Is Morally Wrong and a Strategic Failure We just celebrated Veterans Day last week, paying tribute to the young men and women who have served our country. Across the country, families gathered at the gravesites of those who gave their lives. Veterans drank toasts to their fellow soldiers. In football and basketball stadiums, crowds... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 06, 2019 The Medicare for All Debate Is Long Overdue Affordable health care for all is now at the center of the presidential debate. Two of the top three contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination—Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders—support Medicare for All. The third—Joe Biden—and those hoping to take his place as the leading centrist in... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, October 29, 2019 Trump Is Not Alone Among Americans In Failing to Understand What A Real Lynching Is Donald Trump’s use of the term “lynching” to describe the ongoing impeachment inquiry in the House naturally sparked bipartisan outrage. The president and his shameless apologist, South Carolina’s Sen. Lindsey Graham, defended the use of the word, with Graham calling the investigation a “lynching... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, October 23, 2019 How Politics Threatens the 2020 Census A new report should raise alarms about the upcoming 2020 Census. According to the Pew Research Center , the good news is that the overwhelming majority of Americans are aware of the census, and over eight in 10 say they are likely to participate. The bad news is that nearly one in four blacks,... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, October 15, 2019 What I Learn When I Have Lunch at Cook County Jail On my birthday this year, I continued my tradition of going to the Cook County Jail to have lunch with some of the 5,552 people who are inmates there. These visits remind me of the humanity of those who are in trouble—and of the inhumanity, even idiocy, of our criminal justice system. Despite the... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, October 08, 2019 To His Wealthy Donors, Trump Is Their Grifter To decipher President Donald Trump’s presidency, apply the basic rule of politics: Follow the money. Last month, for example, Trump performed at rallies in North Carolina and in New Mexico. He entertained adoring crowds, clad in Trump’s MAGA caps and T-shirts. The rallies got featured on Fox and... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, October 01, 2019 McConnell's Republican Senate Is a Roadblock to Progress in America Americans are disgusted that Washington has become dysfunctional, even as Americans struggle with ever greater challenges — from stagnant wages and growing inequality to catastrophic climate change to soaring health-care costs to a decrepit and dangerously aged infrastructure. President Donald... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Workers Are Asking, Whose Side Are You On? More than 2,200 nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center went out on strike last week, but they are not alone. American workers are waking up and walking out. On Sept. 15, 46,000 hourly General Motors’ United Auto Workers employees went on strike, the first time in 12 years. Striking... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, September 18, 2019 Can America Break Its Gun Addiction? After mass shootings in Southaven, Mississippi; Dayton, Ohio; and Midland, El Paso and Odessa, Texas, public demand for sensible gun reform once more soared. And once more, Republican politicians, led by President Donald Trump, were intimidated into inaction by the gun lobby, led by the National... Read more |