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Rev. Jesse Jackson to Step Down as Head of Rainbow PUSH

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BY GARY FIELDS, CLAIRE SAVAGE AND TERESA CRAWFORD CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition...

Rev Jesse Jackson: The Integrity of the U.S. Supreme Court

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The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Last week, two events involving the U.S. Supreme Court occurred. First, four days of hearings surrounding the nomination and possible elevation...

Rev. Jesse Jackson: Not a time for the wringing of hands

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By The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Can America be a democracy if a minority writes the rules to entrench minority rule? Last week, Senate Republicans invoking...

Rev. Jesse Jackson: Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act- Again

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By The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson The right-wing majority on the Supreme Court just undercut the Voting Rights Act again. Having gutted the section that...

Jesse Jackson: Legislative Changes Aimed at Black Voters

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By The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson The right to vote is the essential foundation of democracy. Yet today, across America, there is a systematic campaign...

Jesse Jackson: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Tenacious Advocate for Equality

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By Jesse Jackson Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — the Notorious RBG — was a tenacious advocate for equality. The outpouring of grief across...

Jesse Jackson: Donald Trump, again, Fails to Lead

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By The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Donald Trump’s ignorance and incompetence have cost American lives in the pandemic. Now his failure of leadership will add...

Friends, family, dignitaries bid solemn farewell to Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr.

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By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Friends, family, activists, elected officials and dignitaries gathered Saturday at the Boutwell Auditorium in downtown Birmingham to bid a solemn...

Rev. Jackson: Trump’s decision to bomb Syria was dangerous, deceptive

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By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Fifty-nine cruise missiles. When Donald Trump ordered the attack on Syria, he made an impetuous decision, turning his previous...

Protests mount: Jeff Sessions threatens 60 years of civil rights progress,...

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By Monique Jones The Birmingham Times U.S. Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions is “the single biggest threat to 60 years of civil rights and social justice...