http://dir.salon.com/topics/jesse_jackson/?source=rss&aim=jesse_jackson en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT By Thomas F. Schaller Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/05/clinton_blackvote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/05/clinton_blackvote/index.html?source=rss Her failure to challenge Barack Obama's huge momentum among African-Americans -- not a given at the start -- may have doomed her campaign. By Edward McClelland Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/14/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/14/obama/index.html?source=rss The city has a unique history of launching the careers of powerful black politicians -- which is part of the reason Obama moved there. By Debra Dickerson Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/19/al_sharpton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/19/al_sharpton/index.html?source=rss Why did unnamed Obama supporters attack Al Sharpton? He's only asking questions that need to be answered. By David Puner Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/02/12/weekend_update_blackness_scale/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/02/12/weekend_update_blackness_scale/index.html?source=rss Jesse and Al explain where Barack charts. By Joe Conason Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/08/18/lieberman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/08/18/lieberman/index.html?source=rss Lieberman's racially inflammatory strategy may backfire when people remember his history of pandering to Louis Farrakhan. By Stephen Elliott Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/04/bus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/04/bus/index.html?source=rss 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 Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/03/the_bus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/09/03/the_bus/index.html?source=rss 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. Tim Grieve Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/29/jackson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/03/29/jackson/index.html?source=rss With his star turn in the Schiavo circus, Jackson provides political cover for Tom DeLay and the religious right. By King Kaufman Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2002/11/27/woods/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/sports/col/kaufman/2002/11/27/woods/index.html?source=rss Must Tiger Woods support every p.c. protest, no matter how trivial, just because he's benefited from the "struggles" of others? By Arianna Huffington Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/04/30/newark/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/huff/2002/04/30/newark/index.html?source=rss 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 Earl Ofari Hutchinson Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/01/05/harvard/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/01/05/harvard/index.html?source=rss When Jesse Jackson tried to turn pampered professors into racism victims, it showed a civil rights movement unready for a new age. By Daryl Lindsey Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/04/10/china/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/04/10/china/index.html?source=rss "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 Carina Chocano Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/01/25/chpshot3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2001/01/25/chpshot3/index.html?source=rss After threatening to expatriate themselves if Bush won the election, most would-be celebrity defectors put the back pedal to the metal. By Benjamin Cheever Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/01/24/expectations/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/01/24/expectations/index.html?source=rss Why can't we accept the fact that great men conduct lives of indiscretion and excess? By David Barash Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/01/23/monogamy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/01/23/monogamy/index.html?source=rss 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 Jimi Izrael Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/01/19/daddy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/feature/2001/01/19/daddy/index.html?source=rss The reverend can be forgiven for his affair because the flesh is weak. But so is his game -- why did he get caught? By Joan Walsh Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/19/scandal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/01/19/scandal/index.html?source=rss 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 Carina Chocano Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/12/14/florida_xmas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/12/14/florida_xmas/index.html?source=rss Sometimes it is better to give than to receive. By Anthony York Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/08/integrity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/08/integrity/index.html?source=rss 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 Kevin Sweeney Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/01/jackson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/12/01/jackson/index.html?source=rss Conservatives and liberals alike love to bash him, but without the reverend's work in Florida, Gore wouldn't have had a prayer. By Camille Paglia Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/pagl/2000/11/15/recount/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/pagl/2000/11/15/recount/index.html?source=rss 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 Jake Tapper Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/13/palm_beach/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/13/palm_beach/index.html?source=rss A West Palm Beach rally for the enfranchisement of Democrats, and others. By Jake Tapper Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/12/protest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/12/protest/index.html?source=rss As Palm Beach County prepares to hand count its ballots, the Bush faithful take to the streets. By John Lantigua Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/09/protest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/09/protest/index.html?source=rss The Rev. Jesse Jackson and thousands gather to protest the controversial ballot that caused many Gore supporters to vote for Pat Buchanan. By Arianna Huffington Mon, 05 May 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/02/disenfranchised/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/10/02/disenfranchised/index.html?source=rss Young black men get singled out among drug offenders for the harshest punishment, then they lose their right to vote. With laws like this, who needs Jim Crow?