The civil rights activist, politician and ordained minister caused controversy in 2001 when he revealed that he had fathered a child outside of his marriage ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson's family is sharing an update on his medical condition after he was hospitalized for his progressive ...

Jesse Jackson's family requests prayers as civil rights icon receives medical treatment for a neurodegenerative condition.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he is stepping down from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition after 52 years at the helm. Jackson, 81, announced his resignation as president during the ...

Through five decades, Jesse Jackson has been trying to realize the promise of his own potential he first embraced as a boy in segregated Greenville, South Carolina. His life has been a headlong rush ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate in 1984 and 1988, has been hospitalized with a ...

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As Democrats prepare to celebrate the first Black woman at the top of the presidential ticket this week in Chicago, progressive leaders on Sunday reflected on the monumental legacy of the Rev. Jesse ...

CHICAGO -- Rev. Jesse Jackson was released from the hospital Tuesday after he fell at a protest at Howard University earlier this week, a spokesperson said. Jackson had been in Washington D.C. to ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson came to the Pennsylvania Capitol on Monday to deliver a message about the importance of voting and having systems in place to ensure voter access to the ballot. But his visit meant ...

Jackson's political pal, state Rep. Thaddeus Jones, is being investigated on potential misuse of campaign money — the same type of offense that sent Jackson to prison. Jackson is running to reclaim ...