Rev Jesse Jackson

Chicago is in a state of emergency. Lives are being lost. Fear is growing. Local officials, ministers and community activists are working …

‘We the people declare today that the most evident of truths — that all of us are created equal — is the star that guides us still; …

When President Barack Obama is sworn in for his second term, his hand will rest not only on President Abraham Lincoln’s Bible, but on Dr…

The president is committed to reforming our gun laws; a working group headed by Vice President Joe Biden is considering a broad agenda. Th…

The new year begins with a bad hangover from 2012’s inane debate over the “fiscal cliff.” The furious debate focused only on how muc…

Christmas decorations light the streets. Malls are full. Christmas music fills the air. But this year, there is a somber undercurrent to t…

Do not turn your eyes from the horror of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn. Twenty children, their teachers and a…

Tuesday, thousands will demonstrate at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing to protest a frontal assault on working people. Republican ma…

The pressure is growing in the face-off over the so-called “fiscal cliff” in Washington. The president put his plan on the table. Repu…

In Cook County jails, prisoners are charged as much as $15 a call to be in touch with their relatives. The exploitive rates can force fami…

Why do imaginary phantoms terrify, while real-life horrors seem normal? Why do our elected representatives act in ways that trample the va…

Elections have consequences. President Barack Obama’s stunning re-election victory came dramatically from the same emerging majority coa…