After missing the playoffs for just the second time in the past eight seasons, the Ravens moved on from John Harbaugh, hired ...

In 2000, I got to spend some intense hours with Jesse Jackson, when he and his son Jesse Jackson Jr., then in Congress, collaborated with me on a book about capital punishment. Commitments across the ...

“Jesse Jackson is one of the very most significant political leaders in this country in the last 100 years,” declared Senator Bernie Sanders, summarizing the importance of Jackson’s remarkable life ...

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An in-depth look at the legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson, the evolution of civil rights leadership, and whether his style of activism can exist in today’s political climate.

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Both men sought the presidency. They came from different backgrounds, held different goals, and had radically different ...

Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national ...

As a movement builder, spokesperson, and candidate for the presidency, Jesse Jackson’s accomplishments were massive. He was one of the towering figures of American progressive politics in his era — or ...

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@revjjackson) Tributes continue to pour in after the death of Rev. Jesse Jackson, a protégé of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who became ...

What to know about Rev. Jesse Jackson, a central figure in the Civil Rights Movement and national politics for more than six decades.

Jesse Jackson's death on Tuesday at age 84 has Jonathan Wolfe revisiting a speech that "is regarded as one of the most ...