NY AMSTERDAM NEWS — In the early 1960s when young activists were fighting against race-based discrimination Jackson was among them, unaware of the role he would...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Several sources have confirmed that former President Barack Obama phoned Reverend Jesse Jackson over the weekend, who is in Stable Condition at a...
NPA NEWSWIRE — MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) addressed members of the A. Philip Randolph Institute last week in Bloomington, Minnesota, near Minneapolis. APRI...
(CBS Chicago) – Former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. will complete his sentence for misuse of campaign funds this Sunday. He’s been finishing out the 30-month term,...
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has approved a request from Jesse Jackson Jr. for a four-day furlough from home detention in Washington to attend his...
by Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. will begin a stay in a halfway house...
CARYN ROUSSEAU, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was released from an Alabama federal prison early Thursday, two years after pleading...
[Chicago Sun-Times] Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been moved from a federal prison in North Carolina to a minimum-security prison camp in Montgomery, Ala.,...
[USA TODAY] Furs that once belonged to former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. are attracting more bids than his Bruce Lee and Michael Jackson memorabilia. The U.S....
By Freddie Allen Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After openly weeping and apologizing for his behavior, former U.S. Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. was sentenced to...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When the story broke that Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) had used political donations as his...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist On Wednesday, Aug. 14, Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. was scheduled to be sentenced to prison in connection with using campaign...
[Chicago Sun-Times] WASHINGTON — Jesse Jackson Jr. wants to serve his time first if he and wife Sandi are sent to prison, with the request on...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist It’s time to man up – I was wrong about Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. First, some background. I wrote a...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Again this year, African Americans placed higher priorities on participation in politics than the pursuit of capitalistic and business development...
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) (Courtesy of Black Enterprise) [Black Enterprise] It’s been three years now since there was a national minimum wage increase. The current...
[ABC News] Nearly two months after taking a leave of absence from Congress, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s congressional office today said he is being treated at an “in-patient...
