Jesse Jackson
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Jesse Jackson: South Carolina Heads Down a Dead-End Street in Rejecting Medicaid Expansion
South Carolina’s James Louis Petigru was a Civil War-era lawyer, judge, congressman and most notably the attorney general who opposed…
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BONEY: Time to Reform the System
During a recent trip to Houston, Rev. Jesse Jackson joined forces with Harris County Precinct 1 Commissioner Rodney Ellis and…
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MUHUMMAD: There’s Too Much Celebrity News
While there has been a lively discussion this political season about the very real dangers of "fake news," there is…
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RICHARD MUHAMMAD: Keith Ellison Throws Farrakhan Under the Bus for DNC
Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison should be condemned and lambasted for trying to make his political bones by smearing the Honorable…
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EDITORIAL: Why Do We Pretend Black-on-Black Crime Doesn’t Exist?
Last Saturday evening in Southeast, children played in bounce houses and chefs did their thing on barbecue grills while others…
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Jesse Jackson Jr. Gets Furlough for Grandmother’s Funeral
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has approved a request from Jesse Jackson Jr. for a four-day furlough from home…
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Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Mother, Helen Burns Jackson, Dies at 91 in South Carolina
(NBC News) – Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson’s mother, Helen Burns Jackson, died in a Greenville, South Carolina, hospital…
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Apple More Than Doubles Hiring of Women and Minorities
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple says it more than doubled the numbers of women, blacks…
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Jesse Jackson Escalates Silicon Valley Diversity Campaign
SAN FRANCISCO (USA Today) — Jesse Jackson is escalating his campaign for more racial and ethnic diversity in Silicon Valley.…
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