By Jesse L. Jackson Chicago is a city on edge. Last weekend, 20 people were shot over 13 hours. According to the Chicago Tribune, 1,051 have been shot this year alone, through April 25. One … [Read more...]
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Revive U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. President, Rainbow PUSH Coalition via George Curry Media This country has made remarkable progress on civil rights over our history. We’ve moved from slavery to … [Read more...]
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Behind Flint Water Horror, a Corrosive Cynicism
By Jesse Jackson The basic story of the poisoning of the children of Flint, Mich., through the water they drink is now pretty well known, but as more details come out, it keeps getting worse. … [Read more...]
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Gun Control Alone Can’t Curb Violence
By Jesse Jackson America may now have more guns than people. As President Barack Obama announces new executive action on gun control, U.S. gun manufacturing is a growth industry, almost … [Read more...]
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The True Story of Christmas
This week, we celebrate Christmas — the mass celebrating the birth of Jesus the Christ — the Messenger. Across a country shaken by terrorism, the stores are festooned with lights, music fills the air … [Read more...]
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Leaders Provide Vision – Not Division
By Jesse Jackson Leaders provide vision. They help people understand where they are, how they got there and what they must do to go forward. They help calm nerves and strengthen … [Read more...]
Alabama’s New Jim Crow Far from Subtle
By Jesse Jackson In Alabama, 50 years after Selma, voting rights are once more under assault. Even as Alabama finally took down its confederate flags this year, it has raised new obstacles to … [Read more...]
Insurgents Trump and Sanders Send a Message
By Jesse Jackson This has been insurgent summer in presidential politics. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have soared. They are raising issues that politicians in both parties can no … [Read more...]
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Police Shootings About Class as Well as Race
By Jesse Jackson After three days of peaceful demonstrations marking the one year anniversary of Michael Brown’s fatal shooting in Ferguson, Mo., yet another African- American man was shot by … [Read more...]
Jesse Jackson Joins Hamilton Family in Fight for Justice
By Karen Stokes Hundreds of Milwaukee area residents and protesters gathered on a cold, wintry, Friday afternoon in downtown Milwaukee to rally in support of a fight for justice lead by the … [Read more...]