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 ...

“CNN NewsNight” Abby Phillip sat quietly on Wednesday as a white comedian who worked for late-night hosts Stephen Colbert and ...

How Jesse Jackson and Joel Ferguson's bold strategy powered a historic Michigan win—true mastery, heart and grassroots politics revealed.

President Trump called Rev. Jesse Jackson “a force of nature” and so he was. Jackson, who died Tuesday at 84, was the last ...