A group of culinary students from the south suburbs spent Thursday making preparations to help provide the catering at Rev. Jesse Jacksons' memorial at House of Hope in Chicago Friday.

In the March 17 Democratic primary for Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District, a crowded field differs sharply in political style and campaign strategy as they seek to replace U.S. Rep. Robin ...

ENDORSEMENT PIVOT: State Sen. Lakesia Collins has withdrawn her endorsement of fellow Democratic state Sen. Willie Preston in ...

I wrote a book about Jesse Jackson, and we became friends. The cynics didn’t get how he fused moral simplicity and political ...

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

JACKSON, MI – While on the presidential campaign trail in the spring of 1984, Rev. Jesse Jackson held a rally in the City of Jackson, drawing more than 700 people to a local church. On March 16, 1984, ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The veteran conservative journalist Tom Bethell coined the phrase “strange new respect” to describe liberal media adulation of a formerly ...

When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for ...

President Trump hosted a Black History Month reception on Wednesday at the White House, during which a speaker defened Trump from various alligations ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In 1994, the Rev. Jesse Jackson declared war on Hollywood. The civil rights leader, who died Tuesday, set his ...

Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson died at the age of 84, his organization announced. Jackson and President Donald Trump were once friendly, with Trump providing office space for Jackson's ...