Jesse Jackson
LATEST ARTICLES BY Jesse Jackson
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Opinion
Black voters have plenty to lose with Trump
August 30, 2016Programs that were working have been gutted, discredited, defunded, and attacked by Trump's Republican pals. Now he wants black voters to trust him?
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The shame of Milwaukee
August 17, 2016Dr. King's cry against segregation touched the conscience of citizens across the country; Must our cities explode before action replaces neglect?
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Desperation in Chicago and other cities while Trump talks estate tax
August 9, 2016During the Great Depression, unemployment hovered around 20 percent. Many neighborhoods now face levels twice that, six years into the supposed recovery.
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After the recent horror, there are still two Americas
July 14, 2016Non-violent tactics were taught by Jesus, Gandhi, and Dr. King - not because they were scared of violence but because they were wise about change.
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What Hillary Clinton should learn from Brexit
June 28, 2016The stunning British vote to leave the European Union - is a clear and dramatic rebuke of the country's political and economic elites.
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Clinton and Trump point America in two very different directions
June 7, 2016This election is less a choice about personality than about direction, less about individuals than about movements.
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Obama must recommit to eliminating nuclear arms in Hiroshima
May 26, 2016Tomorrow, Obama will visit Hiroshima, where the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb. He should recommit to the goal of global nuclear disarmament.
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America must renew its infrastructure or face decline
May 20, 2016Politics as usual won't change things. It will take a wave election, a sweeping rebuke to the obstructionist Republican Congress, for anything to happen.
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