The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil ...

I can't recall another time when my grown kids have called their mom the political journalist to talk about political news.

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force who formed a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.” ...

A new set of oral history interviews documents how Barack Obama and his advisers missed the shifting mood of the country that ...

While known for his civil rights activism, Jackson also ran for president in 1984, becoming the second African American to do ...

President Donald Trump and his administration have sanctioned violence toward immigrants and ordinary American citizens. Based on new evidence, a majority of his core supporters think that’s fine.

U.S.-brokered talks have taken Russian and Ukrainian delegations to Geneva although both sides are far apart on issues such ...

The late Rev. Jesse Jackson might best be remembered as a longtime civil rights leader, but he also played a pivotal role in presidential politics.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in the 1980s and led the Rainbow/PUSH ...

Local union president urges TSA employees to keep showing up to work, saying he does not expect major slowdowns or long lines ...

The 43rd president of the United States launched a Substack site Feb. 16 with a 1,500-word tribute to a predecessor.