Dear Mr. President: What a joy and relief it is to be able to salute you as President Obama. Congratulations on a magnificently run campaign. Your di...
Timothy Cooper | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics
On November 5th, I examined the red, weary eyes of my fellow taxpayers, which showed the residue of a sleepless night spent checking every news channel to see if it was really true.
Posted 12.06.2008 | Chicago
Standing with more than 200,000 Obama supporters in Grant Park Tuesday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson cried as learned that Barack Obama would become America...
Posted 12.05.2008 | Chicago
Scenes from Barack Obama's victory celebration in Grant Park ...
ABC News | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics
In yesterday's New York Post, conservative columnist Amir Taheri reported on an interview with Rev. Jesse Jackson in Evian, France, at the World Polic...
Bob Starks | Posted 09.25.2008 | Chicago
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?
Huffington Post | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics
In an interview with "Inside Edition" filmed between the first airing of his infamous "cut his nuts off" hot mic tape and the revelation that he did, ...
AP | SOPHIA TAREEN | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics
CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse Jackson used the N-word during a break in a TV interview where he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama, Fox N...
The Huffington Post | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
UPDATE JULY 16 9:00 PM EASTERN TVNewser reports that Jesse Jackson did use the n-word in his controversial remarks about Barack Obama, but he did no...
Kevin Powell | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
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.
Alice Singleton | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
Now you've gone and relegated yourself to the civil rights kiddy table, along with the others in search of that mythical cultural Viagra to make them as relevant with "our" people as they used to be.
Paul Hipp | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics
Christopher Ingram | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics
While I am not a prosecutor or law enforcement officer, I believe the threat "Reverend" Jackson made towards Obama was a violation of the law and should be investigated by the Secret Service.
John Ridley | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics
While it's never a shock when operatives of the far, far right have trouble with a person of color achieving stature, what a long strange trip this campaign season has been watching so-called liberals fumble the hot potato that is Barack Obama.
LA Times | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics
The news that the Rev. Jesse Jackson took a crude swipe at Sen. Barack Obama this week put renewed scrutiny on the relationship between the veteran ci...
Los Angeles Times | Matea Gold | Posted 07.19.2008 | Media
NEW YORK -- The news that the Rev. Jesse Jackson took a crude swipe at Sen. Barack Obama this week put renewed scrutiny on the relationship between t...
236.com | Posted 07.18.2008 | Media
When Jesse Jackson's comments about Barack Obama broke yesterday evening, the true attraction for us wasn't the story itself, but the beautiful awkwar...
Joan Garry | Posted 07.18.2008 | Media
From what I am able to gather, Jesse got really, really mad at Senator Obama about something. He wants something cut off from the Senator: N _ _ S.
Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 05.20.2008 | Home
As a drumbeat grows for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to concede the Democratic presidential nomination to Sen. Barack Obama, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics
JULY 9, 2008 UPDATE: Jesse Jackson's vulgar comments about Obama caught on tape... +++ Reverend Jesse Jackson, who is no stranger to America's raci...
Newsweek | Allison Samuels | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Jesse Jackson can still get a crowd going--when he can find one. He appeared at a Los Angeles restaurant this fall, primed to discuss school dropout r...
essence.com | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics