Jesse Jackson
LATEST ARTICLES BY Jesse Jackson
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Opinion
Diplomacy, not a military coup, is the way to help Venezuela
March 12, 2019Venezuela is being crippled by a nationwide power blackout, which may very well be the work of U.S. cyber-warfare.
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Opinion
Republican agenda: Voter suppression and election fraud
February 26, 2019It is a sad testament to how twisted Donald Trump’s Republican Party has become that it has made voter suppression central to its platform.
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Opinion
Trump’s Venezuela envoy: Elliot Abrams, advocate of dictators and war criminals
January 29, 2019It looks like Trump plans to follow the same textbook used to overthrow Chile's government in 1973.
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Environment
Trump’s climate change denial imperils all of us
September 19, 2018The effects are already here, visible in the scorching heat experienced across the country, fires in the West, drought in the South, storms in the East.
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Sports
As Trump distorts NFL players’ messages, let’s instead join together
August 7, 2018Let us turn against those who would divide us and join together to make America better.
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Opinion
Worried about Russian election tampering? Look what Republicans are up to.
June 11, 2018We should take steps to ensure no foreign power can interfere with our elections, but we should also act boldly to ensure that the right to vote is not undermined by zealous partisans at home.
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Opinion
Trump’s “new deal for blacks” was dealt from the bottom of the deck
May 9, 2018Trump says he’s delivering on his promised “new deal for blacks.” Don’t fall for the hype.
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Opinion
Trump’s tax cuts will widen the racial wage gap
February 7, 2018Trump is not to blame for this disparity, just as he is not be given credit for currently low unemployment rates. The question is what will the administration do going forward?
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