By Jesse Jackson The reaction — shock, joy, disbelief, euphoria — revealed the importance of Robert F. Smith’s stunning gift, when he announced, unexpectedly, that he would pay off all the … [Read more...]
65 Years after Brown v. Board of Education, We Risk Going Backward
By Jesse Jackson This week marks the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the unanimous Supreme Court decision that outlawed apartheid in America, declaring segregated schools … [Read more...]
GOP, Not Russia, is Greater Threat to Free Elections
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. We all have heard about WikiLeaks and Russian interference in the 2016 election. The report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has once more put that on the front pages. … [Read more...]
Trump Plunges U.S. Deeper into Forgotten Wars
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. While Washington is consumed with reactions to the Mueller Report and the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump, America is descending deeper into largely … [Read more...]
A New Plan to Make Wall Street Pay for Creating the Foreclosure Crisis
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Last week, as Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., convened a House Financial Services Committee hearing, featuring the CEOs of Wall Street’s biggest banks, the financial … [Read more...]
The Politics Behind Donald Trump’s Empty Threats on Mexico Border
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Donald Trump’s flailing on immigration and the Mexican border continue to spiral into chaos. First, he threatened to close the border with Mexico. One week later, he … [Read more...]
Donald Trump’s Big Lie about Health Care
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Donald Trump’s madcap presidency is now seeking to strip 20 million Americans of their health care coverage. He has instructed the Justice Department to join the … [Read more...]
Imposing a Modern-Day Version of a Poll Tax is a New Low
By Jesse Jackson Until 2018, Florida—the state vital to the presidential victories of George Bush and Donald Trump—deprived one in 10 voters, and two in 10 African Americans, of the right to … [Read more...]
Everyone Must Condemn Trump’s Sly Encouragement of Lawless Violence
By Jesse Jackson Racism is not natural. Babies—black, brown, white—explore the world and each other with wonder, not hate. Racism has to be taught. It is learned behavior. To assume that a … [Read more...]
To Help Venezuela, the U.S. Must Use Diplomacy, Not a Military Coup
By Jesse Jackson The United States is pushing for an overthrow of the government of Venezuela. The Trump administration has denounced Nicolas Maduro as a “dictator,” dismissing the 2018 … [Read more...]
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