By Jesse Jackson 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 attack and in grave peril — from the right to drink fresh water and breathe clear air, to the right of workers […]
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Trump Did the Right Thing
By Jesse Jackson In the last week, President Donald Trump suddenly reversed two major decisions. He announced he would not begin mass deportations of those who are living in the country illegally, which he previously threatened to do, and he pulled the plug on a bombing attack on Iran, even as the military jets were […]
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65 Years after Brown v. Board of Education, We Risk Going Backward
By Jesse Jackson This week marks the 65th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the unanimous Supreme Court decision that outlawed apartheid in America, declaring segregated schools “inherently unequal” and unconstitutional. Today, the common sense of the Brown decision is under attack. For nearly three decades, our schools have been re-segregating, reversing the progress […]
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Everyone Must Condemn Trump’s Sly Encouragement of Lawless Violence
By Jesse Jackson Racism is not natural. Babies—black, brown, white—explore the world and each other with wonder, not hate. Racism has to be taught. It is learned behavior. To assume that a person is inherently superior or inferior to another based upon race is unnatural and ungodly. Racism is used for political manipulation and economic […]
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Trump’s Fake National Emergency Moves America Closer to an Autocracy
By Jesse Jackson President Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency in order to fund his border wall triggers a crisis for our Constitution and our democracy. This is no longer about the shameless lies, exaggerations and slanders that the president has trotted out to justify his silly campaign promise to build a wall (that […]
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is Under Fire Because She’s Right
By Jesse Jackson The big guns are out for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the charismatic first-term legislator from New York. In an apparent swipe at Ocasio-Cortez, Donald Trump used part of his rambling State of the Union address to say he was “alarmed by new calls to adopt socialism in our country.” Billionaire former Starbucks CEO Howard […]
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Trump Administration is Intent on Weakening Civil Rights Enforcement
When new U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was asked on “60 Minutes” whether she thinks President Donald Trump is a racist, she responded with the candor that makes her a compelling force in Washington: “Yeah, yeah, no question.” This, of course, lit up the social media, with Trump supporters denouncing Ocasio-Cortez and progressives praising her. One […]
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A Petulant President Shuts Down Government and Insults Working People
The partial government shutdown continues, and 800,000 federal employees are going without pay, either furloughed and forced not to work or deemed “essential” and forced to work without pay. On Christmas Day, President Trump suggested that the workers supported the shutdown that he earlier said he would be “proud” to cause: “Many of those workers […]
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White Churches have a Moral Responsibility to Stand Up
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. In 2019, we will commemorate 400 years since the first 20 slaves were transported by ship from Africa by white slave traders and landed in Jamestown, Va. Now four centuries later, race remains a central dividing line. Today, for example, the racial wealth gap exposes a stark difference. The median […]
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Trump’s New Trade Deal gets a Few Things Right While Falling Short
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Donald Trump on Monday announced a new NAFTA draft treaty, renamed for showtime as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Canada, ignoring Trump’s insults and gibes, threats and posturing, joined Mexico in making a deal. The new pact contains some much-needed reforms—and falls glaringly short in critical areas. Auto workers and truckers get […]