That political pal, state Rep. Thaddeus Jones, is being investigated for misusing campaign money — the same type of offense ...

In the face of Reagan’s right-wing presidency, he offered a vision, strategy, and agenda that would have led Democrats and ...

The image speaks less about our proclivities toward punishment than about the struggle for political rights. Jackson wasn’t ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson is a towering figure in the Civil Rights Movement, but his political legacy is less often remembered. The ...

The old Ingalls-Shepard Forging steel plant in Harvey, opened in 1910 and later acquired by Wyman-Gordon, supplied parts for ...

While I was still in college, my uncle entrusted me with a remarkable responsibility, to serve as Rev. Jesse L. Jackson’s ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The longtime civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH is preparing for its annual convention and for an historic change in leadership. Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. is stepping down.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to CNN's Abby Phillip about her new book on the rise of Black politician and activist Jesse Jackson. It's called "A Dream Deferred." ...

Jackson founded Operation PUSH in 1971. The civil rights organization became The Rainbow/PUSH in 1984 when Jackson first ran for president. He ran a second time in 1988. Jackson founded Operation PUSH ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded more than 50 years ago. Jackson, 81, ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Hundreds of people are gathering in Chicago for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition's annual convention. This year's convention holds historic significance as the organization's president, Rev ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- In an exclusive one-on-one interview with ABC7, Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes III spoke for the first time after officially taking the helm as president and CEO of the Rainbow ...