His success in the 1984 and 1988 Democratic primaries ushered in a new era in Democratic Party politics.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate ...

Jackson was a Chicago icon for decades, founding the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and engaging in a series of movements to promote ...

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson's life was tied tightly to the city of Chicago and its people going back to when he first arrived in ...

“My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson intoned in 1984 during his address at the Democratic National Convention in ...

The 2026 General Assembly reached its midpoint Tuesday night as lawmakers hit crossover, the session’s deadline for legislation to pass its chamber of origin and move to the other side of the state ...

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared that he will support only candidates aligned with ...

The musician, who was born in a mother and baby home, only found out who his natural father was when he was 59.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon who gained worldwide acclaim for his work, died Tuesday at the age of 84, his family confirmed in a statement. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the ...

The ordained minister, activist, and two-time presidential contender, died at the age of 84.

“Jackson’s life contributed to making this country more democratic, more inclusive, more fair.” ...