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Review: ‘Purpose’ skewers the Jesse Jackson story — it’s the explosive play Steppenwolf has been...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn the summer of 2013, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., scion of the civil rights leader, was sentenced to 30...
US Rep. Robin Kelly wins sixth term in office over GOP challenger Tom Lynch
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Associated Press has declared Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly the winner of the 2nd Congressional District race. Kelly, of Matteson, has held the 2nd District seat since 2013, ...
Opinion: The rush to criminalize politics undermines us as a nation
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe indispensable line between politics and criminal justice in America is disintegrating....
Why it’s so rare for Congress to expel a member
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIt almost seems to be harder to get kicked out of Congress than it is to get elected in the first place. There’s been no shortage of scoundrels elected...
Dr. Nathaniel Horn, the husband of US Rep. Robin Kelly, has died at 68
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoDr. Nathaniel Horn, the husband of U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, died Friday, according to a statement from...
With another son of Rev. Jesse Jackson likely headed to Congress, a storied and complicated...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJonathan Jackson is poised to head to Congress, the latest chapter in his family’s long, sometimes rocky political history in Chicago. Emerging from a field of 17 Democrats in Tuesday’s primary ...
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...
27 Infamous Hot Mic Moments
Cheapism via AOL· 8 months agoDrew Angerer/Getty No Filter The public spotlight can feel hot enough as it is, but it can get downright blistering when a live mic, still-rolling...
The Mrs. defense: powerful men blaming their wives
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoSupreme Court Justice Samuel Alito doesn’t deny there was an upside-down American flag flying outside his house days before Joe Biden was sworn in as...
Lawyer says FBI agent's retirement had nothing to do with Hunter Biden investigation
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn FBI agent’s retirement was unrelated to politicized comments he made on social media or his...