BY JESSE JACKSON December 15, 2015 Leaders provide vision. They help people understand where they are, how they got there and what they must do to go forward. They…
BY JESSE JACKSON December 8, 2015 In the horror in San Bernardino, Calif., a husband and wife walked into a social services center armed with two AR-15 style semiautomatic…
November 17, 2015 Paul Robeson. Muhammad Ali. Bill Russell. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Jim Brown. Curt Flood. Hank Aaron. The “Black 14” at the University of Wyoming. The St. Louis Rams. Michael…
November 10, 2015 We won the Voting Rights Act of 1965 at Selma, combining the power of a principled mass movement led by Dr. King and a compassionate president who…
November 3, 2015 Across the country, parents have been in revolt against high-stakes standardized testing, with kids tested over and over again while creativity is cut out of classroom curricula….
October 20, 2015 Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic candidate for president, shocked people when he noted that 51 percent of African-Americans aged 17 through 20 who have graduated high school…
October 13, 2015 Each Monday in Chicago, we gird ourselves for the most recent score. Not on how well the Bears, Bulls or Blackhawks, Cubs or White Sox have fared,…
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…
September 29, 2015 Pope Francis has departed, but his words and his presence linger. He had an electric effect on those who saw him or heard his words. He served…
BY JESSE JACKSON September 22, 2015 Washington is girding itself for what will be an historic visit by Pope Francis this week. So many are expected to flock into the…
BY JESSE JACKSON September 15, 2015 This week, the independent commission convened by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon in the wake of the Michael Brown Jr. killing in Ferguson, Mo., released…
BY JESSE JACKSON September 8, 2015 A tree cannot withstand the storms if its roots are weak. A building will not stand without a strong foundation. An economy will not…