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 ...

Jackson didn’t just pave the way for Barack Obama. He envisioned a Democratic coalition and a policy agenda that were ahead ...

When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for ...

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

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

In his 1984 speech at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, Mr. Jackson argued for a more diverse coalition for the party.

I last connected with Jesse Jackson at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where former Vice President Kamala Harris accepted her party’s nomination. By then, Jackson, who died Tuesday ...

The lasting lesson of Jesse Jackson's 1988 campaign, explained.

Activism / Jackson’s lessons for today’s Democrats. Bruce Shapiro In 2000, I got to spend some intense hours with Jesse Jackson, when he and his son Jesse Jackson Jr., then in Congress, collaborated ...

​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, ...