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The Rev. Jesse Jackson steps down as leader of civil rights group he founded in 1971
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoJesse Jackson has been battling Parkinson’s disease for the last eight years. The Rev. Jesse Jackson...
Congressional races: Jesse Jackson’s son clinches nomination, Delia Ramirez wins and Danny Davis...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJonathan Jackson, son of civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson, emerged at the top of a pack of...
Black Americans' health is in crisis. What will it take for them to be well?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAnika Nailah's 80-year old husband died last autumn, a loss so profound it's still difficult for her...
Van Buren rally calls for peace, unity amid arrest investigation
Ft. Smith Southwest Times Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDerek Van Voast said he is tired of hearing police brutality explained away as the work of a few bad...
Race dominates final days of the mayoral election in deeply segregated Chicago
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO — They wore black T-shirts bearing his image, carried “Women for Brandon Johnson” signs and...
Police arrest more than two dozen pro-Palestinian demonstrators on UT-Austin campus amid tense...
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoProtesters on Wednesday during a student demonstration in support of Palestinians at the University...
Daywatch: Smoke from Canadian wildfires to hit Chicago again
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoGood morning, Chicago. Hours before heavy rains swamped Chicago and Cook County suburbs on July 2,...
Dr. Fauci, Roberta Flack and Zora Neale Hurston Documentaries on the Way, PBS Boss Announces
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPBS’ “American Masters” series will chronicle the life and work of Dr. Anthony Fauci in the...
Ron 'Dukakis'? How DeSantis's campaign looks like a meltdown from the past
Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoRon DeSantis is running for president on his record as Florida governor. That doesn't always work...
Brandon Johnson could be a national progressive star. He just has to win Chicago’s mayoral race...
Yahoo News· 1 year agoEverything changed last month with Brandon Johnson’s second-place finish in the first round of...