The Democratic National Committee will have a general meeting in Louisiana for the first time in recent memory.Yep. The blue ...

Jackson didn’t just pave the way for Barack Obama. He envisioned a Democratic coalition and a policy agenda that were ahead ...

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

Activism / Jackson’s lessons for today’s Democrats. Bruce Shapiro In 2000, I got to spend some intense hours with Jesse Jackson, when he and his son Jesse Jackson Jr., then in Congress, collaborated ...

His daughter, Santita Jackson, said he passed away at home in Chicago Tuesday. CHICAGO — Reverand. Jesse Jackson, civil ...

Before Democrats fractured, Jackson united workers across race and region — and provided a model for today’s party ...

Mr. Jackson’s presidential campaigns created a pathway for scores of Black Democrats to run for office, with many making ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who rose from the front lines of the civil rights movement to become one of America’s most prominent ...

Jackson led a rainbow coalition of Americans through decades of protest and progress ...

Reverend Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, has died at 84, leaving a legacy felt across ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, an American civil rights leader, minister, and politician, who was a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, died Tuesday at 84. In photos, here's a look back at Jackson Sr. through the years.