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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...
The Superstition of Warning Labels
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoFrom the Wanderland on The Dispatch Dee Snider of Twisted Sister appears at a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill on September 19, 1986. Representatives of...
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...
He spent 20 years in solitary. Now he’s fighting for reform from behind bars in Missouri
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 week agoAnthony Gay said going to solitary confinement for mental health issues was “akin to trying to dry...
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,...
What Is “Fusion Voting”? Just a Way to Save the Country, That’s All
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 1 week agoMinor-party candidates are a waste of time. But minor parties that can cross-endorse major-party...
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...