John Cornyn warns of a GOP 'massacre' in Texas if Ken Paxton beats him in their Senate primary

FORT WORTH, Texas — Sen. John Cornyn is spending the home stretch of his primary warning Texas Republicans that if he loses the contest to state Attorney General Ken Paxton, GOP candidates up and down ...

Jesse Jackson’s 1988 presidential run inspired generations to carry his message

Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for the country to realize its highest ideals. “If I can ...

There was ‘a bridge called Jesse Jackson’ across decades of civil rights advocacy

The Rev. Jesse Jackson kept up his more than half-century-long fight for civil and human rights through his final years despite challenges over his health, the coronavirus pandemic, racial injustice ...