The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died this week, ran for president twice, leading more Black voters to register. The year after his second run, a Black mayor, David Dinkins, won in New York.

Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national ...

Activism / Obituary / We would be wise to follow the path he forged. Robert L. Borosage “Jesse Jackson is one of the very most significant political leaders in this country in the last 100 years,” ...

Both men sought the presidency. They came from different backgrounds, held different goals, and had radically different ...

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

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

In 1996, Jackson’s calls for more diversity in Hollywood were ignored or criticized. Now "Sinners," a movie by a Black director, has garnered 16 Oscar nominations, the most in the award show's history ...

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

Bhattacharya will be the third leader of the embattled CDC, the nation’s top public health agency, during President Donald Trump’s second term. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly fired ...

As Reverend Jesse Jackson navigated a tricky relationship with the Jewish community in the late 1980s and early 1990s, former ADL chief Abraham Foxman had a front-row seat. “I was very critical of him ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the country's most influential leaders, has died at 84. The founder and long-time leader of the ...

Abby Phillip cornered Shermichael Singleton after he equated being "anti-diversity" with being racist — then admitted Trump is explicitly anti-diversity. The post CNN’s Abby Phillip Corners Trump ...