Jesse Jackson

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Jesse Jackson's face in the crowd at Obama's victory speech conveyed the emotion of the many struggles that led to this moment.
By Rebecca Traister Nov 5, 2008

  • Whatever's best for Holy Joe

    Lieberman's racially inflammatory strategy may backfire when people remember his history of pandering to Louis Farrakhan.
    By Joe Conason August 18, 2006

  • Gimme shelter

    Trying to force authorities to open an Air Force base as a shelter, Jesse Jackson and other black leaders picked up 150 evacuees at the squalid New Orleans Airport and headed into the night.
    By Stephen Elliott September 4, 2005

  • "They've got to open the base"

    Louisiana black leaders, along with Maxine Waters and Jesse Jackson, want to take Katrina victims to a shuttered Air Force base instead of shelters. And I'm going with them.
    By Stephen Elliott September 3, 2005

  • Jesse Jackson to the rescue -- but whose?

    With his star turn in the Schiavo circus, Jackson provides political cover for Tom DeLay and the religious right.
    By Tim Grieve March 29, 2005

  • Tiger's burden

    Must Tiger Woods support every p.c. protest, no matter how trivial, just because he's benefited from the "struggles" of others?
    By King Kaufman November 27, 2002

  • The madness of Newark's King James

    Eight-term mayor Sharpe James insists reformist rival Cory Booker isn't black enough to run this troubled city -- and Jesse Jackson plays along.
    By Arianna Huffington April 30, 2002

  • Big babies at Harvard

    When Jesse Jackson tried to turn pampered professors into racism victims, it showed a civil rights movement unready for a new age.
    By Earl Ofari Hutchinson January 5, 2002

  • China breakthrough: Bush takes questions!

    "Diplomacy sometimes takes a little longer than people would like," the president says. And the people who don't like it include many conservative allies.
    By Daryl Lindsey April 10, 2001

  • I take it back

    After threatening to expatriate themselves if Bush won the election, most would-be celebrity defectors put the back pedal to the metal.
    By Carina Chocano January 25, 2001

  • Let leaders lead

    Why can't we accept the fact that great men conduct lives of indiscretion and excess?
    By Benjamin Cheever January 24, 2001

  • The myth of monogamy

    According to studies of the animal world, most of us are naturally inclined to "cheat" or at least have more than one mate in a lifetime.
    By David Barash January 23, 2001

  • Jesse Jackson? That's just my baby daddy

    The reverend can be forgiven for his affair because the flesh is weak. But so is his game -- why did he get caught?
    By Jimi Izrael January 19, 2001

  • Aphrodisiac of power

    Jesse Jackson joins the club of powerful men whose private transgressions are inevitably exposed -- but at least he handles it with a little class.
    By Joan Walsh January 19, 2001

  • Merry Christmas, Florida!

    Sometimes it is better to give than to receive.
    By Carina Chocano December 14, 2000

  • Eliminating fraud -- or Democrats?

    Florida's controversial crusade to purge its voter rolls has revived an old partisan debate: Can states crack down on fraud without hurting eligible voters?
    By Anthony York December 8, 2000

  • God bless Jesse Jackson

    Conservatives and liberals alike love to bash him, but without the reverend's work in Florida, Gore wouldn't have had a prayer.
    By Kevin Sweeney December 1, 2000

  • Becoming president under a noxious cloud

    In which a befuddled Bush and a schizoid Gore do battle in a scene distressingly reminiscent of the most bilious days of imperial Rome.
    By Camille Paglia November 15, 2000

  • Jackson: Keep hope (and Gore) alive!

    A West Palm Beach rally for the enfranchisement of Democrats, and others.
    By Jake Tapper November 13, 2000

  • "God Made Bush President"

    As Palm Beach County prepares to hand count its ballots, the Bush faithful take to the streets.
    By Jake Tapper November 12, 2000

  • "We've had a wreck here"

    The Rev. Jesse Jackson and thousands gather to protest the controversial ballot that caused many Gore supporters to vote for Pat Buchanan.
    By John Lantigua November 9, 2000
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