By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. What obligations do we owe one to another as Americans? What does patriotism and citizenship mean in practice? Hurricane Maria’s devastation of Puerto Rico has posed … [Read more...]

By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Fifty-eight dead and counting; 500 sent to hospitals. The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history took place Sunday in Las Vegas, as a lone gunman firing … [Read more...]

By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. When Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the national anthem last year, he acted alone, a silent protest against a society that repeatedly fails to hold police … [Read more...]

By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. We have suffered brutal direct hits. Over half of the state of Florida is without power, and in the dark. It is too soon to know what the losses are. Houston, America’s … [Read more...]

By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. It is too soon to know the extent of the damage done by Hurricane Harvey. Estimates are that over a million people have been displaced. As I write this, 49 are feared … [Read more...]

By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Colin Kaepernick, the former quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, is being blackballed — itself a revealing phrase — from the National Football League with the … [Read more...]

By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Racism, exposed once more in the terror visited on Charlottesville, Va., still scars America. Hundreds of neo-Nazis, white supremacists, klansmen and other fervid … [Read more...]

By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Campaigning for the presidency, Donald Trump argued that blacks and other people of color should vote for him. Given their current conditions, he argued, “What the hell … [Read more...]

By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Donald Trump often seems more shock jock than president. He likes to shock, say or tweet outrageous things, prove that he’s not just another politician. But now he is … [Read more...]