Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address ...

There are some aspects of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s life that might have been forgotten. Here’s a look back at them.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., a civil rights icon...whose presidential campaigns changed the landscape of American politics, died Tuesday...He was 84.

I interacted with him, on and off, for 30 years. He was brilliant, at times electrifying, and at times confounding.

Columnist Jonathan Wharton, who teaches Race and Ethnicity in American Politics, contextualizes life of Jesse Jackson.

​Four decades after his presidential runs, the prevailing question is “Why didn’t Jesse Jackson win?” While he didn’t capture the Democratic nomination, according to the Rev. Dr. William Barber, ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who recently died, did not just speak about justice; he took action and led by example to transform the ...

Before Democrats fractured, Jackson united workers across race and region — and provided a model for today’s party ...

Jesse Jackson, a Greenville native, was a tireless activist, skilled diplomat and influential politician who made two transformative presidential runs in the 1980s.

When I learned that Rev. Jackson had transitioned on Feb. 17, 2026, at the age of 84, I listened again to the recordings I made of my father and felt the weight of what both men understood they were ...

Much of Jackson’s work, along with others, laid the groundwork for the election of President Barack Obama in 2008. In ...

Jackson's family on Feb. 18 revealed preliminary funeral plans for the longtime activist who died at 84 following a lengthy illness with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare disease that causes a ...