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Jesse L. Jackson Sr.
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The Medicare for All Debate is Long Overdue
By Jesse Jackson Affordable health care for all is now at the center of the presidential debate. Two of the top three contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination — Elizabeth…
Violent White Supremacists Threaten Basic Civil Rights — and our Lives
Every right we have fought for and won since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his monumental “I Have a Dream” speech 56 years ago this Wednesday is under unrelenting…
The Significance of the 1619 Project
On Sunday, the New York Times unveiled “The 1619 Project,” a journalistic series in the Sunday magazine that seeks to tell the “unvarnished truth” about slavery and its impact on…
End Endless Conflict and Bring Peace to Korea
By Jesse Jackson July 27 marked the 66th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice, which brought an end to hostilities that killed nearly five million people, including…
GOP, Not Russia, is Greater Threat to Free Elections
We all have heard about WikiLeaks and Russian interference in the 2016 election. The report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has once more put that on the front pages. Too…