Following reports that he may have misused campaign funds, Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr has hired a lawyer to handle negotiations with the federal government on possible plea deal in which he would resign from the House of Representatives and spend time in prison. CBS 2 television reported on Saturday and Fox News Chicago on […]
After more than four months of silence, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. asks constituents for patience and says he’s “anxious to return to work,” in a robocall to his 2nd Congressional District Saturday, reported by Chicago radio station WBEZ, but gave no timeline on when he’d get back to work. This is the first time […]
To the surprise of many, Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. has put his home in Washington, D.C., up for sale for a reported $2.5 million. He’s been on leave from Congress since June 10, while undergoing treatment for Bipolar II depression. The Democratic congressman’s office released this statement: “Like millions of Americans, Congressman Jackson and Mrs. Jackson […]
The least public of Chicago’s famed Jackson family and the mother of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) spoke openly regarding her son’s treatment for a mood disorder while speaking at the Rainbow PUSH coalition conference in Chicago. Jackie Jackson told reporters that her son had experienced severe disappointment — some of it politically […]
Rev. Al Sharpton will take up the fight against New York City’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy with a Father’s Day march down a major Manhattan street. On Tuesday, Sharpton announced plans for the march in a press conference with elected officials and other community activists, the New York Daily News reports. “We are not against fighting […]
With the Rev. Al Sharpton leading the way, celebrities, civil rights activists and relatives of Trayvon Martin got together at a church in Los Angeles, Calif., recently to mark the two-month anniversary of the Florida black teen’s killing by a neighborhood watch volunteer. “There are Trayvons all over this country,” The Associated Press quoted the Rev. […]
SEATTLE — At a national forum to declare war on the “War On Drugs,”, Rev. Jesse Jackson said the “War On Drugs” is “government-sponsored-terrorism. The Seattle Medium reports: “This is a crime against humanity. War on drugs is a war on Black and Brown and must be challenged by the highest levels of our government […]
