Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign and his Greenville roots profoundly shaped American politics. His legacy, however, faces new challenges.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, America’s most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of the Rev. Dr ...

It seems genteel and quaint today, compared to what we’re living through now, but at the time, to a lot of people, the Reagan Revolution was shocking. He and his movement launched a massive assault on ...

In a decades-long effort, Jesse Jackson stood alongside MLK, pushed for voting rights, shamed corporations and negotiated ...

Reverend Jesse Jackson, the civil rights activist and preacher who fought tirelessly for decades and ran for president twice, ...

I wrote a book about Jesse Jackson, and we became friends. The cynics didn’t get how he fused moral simplicity and political ...

Reverend Jesse Jackson, the civil rights activist and preacher who fought tirelessly for decades, has died aged 84. A ...

What we know: The zoning ordinance was first introduced in 2019 in response to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies ...

We've taken on the impossible task of naming and ranking the best female actors of all time. Did your favorite make the cut?

It was mid-March 1993. My mother, an avid Weather Channel watcher, had advised against going into DC to meet my friend for dinner. Snow was predicted. But I ignored her admonitions. I knew how to ...

A former aide to Martin Luther King Jr., he launched two historic presidential campaigns while spreading a message of hope and resilience: “I am — somebody.” ...