Public education in the United States is under siege due to its politicized environment, with teachers being underpaid, overstressed, and threatened with criminal charges for discussing race, gender, and history in the classroom.
Author Archives: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
Founder and President, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, is one of America’s foremost civil rights, religious and political figures. Over the past forty years, he has played a pivotal role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice. On August 9, 2000, President Bill Clinton awarded Reverend Jackson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
