Jesse Jackson
LATEST ARTICLES BY Jesse Jackson
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Opinion
Automatic voter registration – A reform whose time has come
June 6, 2017Even as states continue to pass legislation to restrict voting, this reform promises to open the doors wider.
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Venezuela needs a helping hand, not a hammer blow
May 23, 2017As Venezuela descends toward chaos, many in Latin America fear the U.S. will reach for its covert hammer to get rid of a regime it doesn’t like.
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The lie about voter fraud is the real fraud
May 16, 2017Unlike voter fraud – which every independent study shows is essentially a myth – voter suppression is real and growing.
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Trump’s big success? Trashing civil rights
May 10, 2017Trump is intent on rolling back the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, and the damage has already begun.
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Jeff Sessions and the Department of Injustice
April 26, 2017Sessions has set out to transform the Dept. of Justice into a Dept. of Injustice. He’s only been hindered by the incompetence that characterizes this administration.
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Decision to bomb Syria was dangerous, deceptive
April 11, 2017The U.S. has been at war in the Middle East continually since 2001. What will it take for our country to learn the limits of military force?
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Fight for $15, BLM continue the agenda of Dr. King
April 4, 2017Today, on the anniversary Dr. King’s assassination, thousands will join Fight for $15 and BLM to march in Memphis and across the country to fight for decent pay and racial justice.
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Opinion
March Madness: A look at Trump’s budget
March 27, 2017Republicans won’t get everything they want, but what they get will leave America more vulnerable – from Chicago’s inner city to Appalachia’s rural hollows.
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