Recently, I held an interview with Rev. Jesse Jackson in which we discussed a wide variety of issues including economics, civil rights, and the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Jamie Stiehm | Posted 05.25.2011
The eloquent Jackson would be in seventh heaven because Senators talk all day long -- with no time limits on speeches -- and some actually might listen to him.
Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011
Barack Obama is the first sitting senator since John F. Kennedy to be elected president, and in the wake of his historical election floats a crucial q...
The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011
"I've been able to see our nation get better," the Rev. Jesse Jackson muses, in joyful anticipation of Barack Obama's impending presidential victory. ...
AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 05.25.2011
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Spike Lee says the Rev. Jesse Jackson's crudely phrased criticism of Barack Obama won't affect the Democrat's campaign, ...
Bob Starks | Posted 05.25.2011
Politically and personally, the Billary team did more to hurt Obama in the primaries than anyone. Yet both of them have been given major speaking roles in the convention. Thus many ask, why not Rev. Jackson?
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
John McCain is usually the candidate getting heckled and interrupted on the trail, a product of his open town halls but also the more controversial as...
AP | BECKY BOHRER | Posted 05.25.2011
KENNER, La. — The Rev. Al Sharpton on Tuesday defended the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has come under fire for his recent crude off-air criticism of...
Kevin Powell | Posted 05.25.2011
I acknowledge what the Civil Righters have done, but younger African Americans are saying now, the jig is up and it is time for you to go, especially if you have not created hope for our communities.
Eric Deggans | Posted 05.25.2011
If tradition civil rights leaders are stuck on the outside when Obama gets elected president, what does that mean for them and for the struggle to free black folks from oppression?
Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
Sen. Barack Obama said he would continue to chastise absentee black fathers and deliver tough love speeches to the black community, even if the Rev. J...
Najee Ali | Posted 05.25.2011
Rev. Jackson, your vulgar tirade caught on tape by Fox News is simply the last straw for me and a growing number of African-Americans. At this point, you are hurting Black America and Obama.
Joan Blades | Posted 05.25.2011
Rev. Jackson thought he was off the air and speaking privately when he made those remarks about Obama. In a world with responsible media this would not have been the top story of the day.
Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011
In a hastily arranged news conference, the pair at the center of two top political stories have their say.
John Liebhardt | Posted 05.25.2011
Clinton's comparison of the bungled Florida and Michigan primaries to elections in Zimbabwe is ridiculous. But an African asks: Was it just an excuse to use "Mugabe" and "Obama" in the same sentence?"
Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011
The Clinton campaign message was transparent: they are trying to pigeonhole Obama as the "black" candidate -- not simply as a matter of pigmentation but as a matter of voter appeal.
Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 05.25.2011
Contradicting his father, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) writes in a Sun-Times column running Monday on the paper's editorial pages that White House ...
Michael Bendetson | Posted 05.25.2011