Jesse Jackson Jr. and Rahm Emanuel are two peas in a pod ... Emanuel, 65, is from Chicago’s North Shore, the son of a physician and an establishment mainline Democrat. Jackson, 59, is a Chicago ...

CHICAGO - After former President Donald Trump pardoned ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is making another push for his own pardon. Jackson previously requested one ...

Broadway’s “Purpose,” by Tony-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, tackles the legacy of the civil rights movement ...

CHICAGO — A day after former Governor Rod Blagojevich received a presidential pardon, former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is calling for millions more. Jackson Jr. addressed the public Tuesday ...

CHICAGO - Former President Joe Biden issued ... However, he did not grant former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.'s request. What they're saying Jackson stated his belief that pardons should not ...

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. may not get a presidential pardon, but he is getting a new gig in Chicago media. The latest: WVON-AM, Chicago's historic Black radio station, announced Jackson ...

In 2013, Jesse Jackson Jr pled guilty to misusing campaign funds ... hope in seeing both their father and their mother, former Chicago alderwoman Sandra Stevens Jackson, received forgiveness ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson right, embraces Fred Hampton Jr., left, after a vigil for Laquan McDonald, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Chicago. Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged Tuesday with ...

Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for "crude and hurtful" remarks he made about Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama after an interview with a Fox News correspondent. The remarks came ...

Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse ... shaped Jackson’s attitudes, opinions and outlook in ways ...