Rev. Jackson Meets Chicago Sit-in Workers
Rev. Jackson meets Chicago sit-in workers. The Rev. Jesse Jackson is beginning to meet with the hundreds of workers who are staging a sit-in at a Chicago factory that they say gave them no notice or...
View ArticleNational: Muslims Angry Over Headscarf Ruling; N.Y. Pastor Celebrates His...
Muslims are angry over headscarf ruling. Muslim rights activists are outraged at an Atlanta judge who ordered a 40-year-old Muslim woman to serve 10 days in jail for refusing to remove her headscarf...
View ArticleRev. Jackson is Sued for $10,000
A Chicago-based speakers bureau is suing the Rev. Jesse Jackson for $100,000, saying the civil rights leader reneged on a contract to appear at a political rally in the island nation of Trinidad two...
View ArticleRev. Jackson Leads Rally for Jobs and Justice
Just hours after General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the Rev. Jesse Jackson led a rally of more than 1,000 people at Michigan’s state Capitol Monday, demanding that the government and...
View ArticleNews From Around the Web: Jan. 24 Edition
In today’s top news, The Help’s stars nab Oscar nominations, New Jersey gets its first openly gay high court judge and Rev. Jesse Jackson says “occupy for MLK.” The Help stars Viola Davis and Octavia...
View ArticleNews From Around the Web: April 5 Edition
In today’s top news, Whitney Houston’s autopsy report confirms “white powder” found in hotel room, five former New Orleans police officers sentenced for Hurricane Katrina shootings and a new study...
View ArticleNews From Around the Web: June 15 Edition
In today’s top news, Drake is denying any involvement in the Chris Brown club brawl, a Nevada judge has denied Floyd Mayweather’s request for an early prison release and the Miami Heat take Game 2 of...
View ArticleNews From Around the Web: Oct. 18 Edition
In today’s top news, a judge has set George Zimmerman’s trial for June 2013, Rev. Jesse Jackson says he’s disappointed that the presidential debates have not focused more on poverty and gun control...
View ArticleNews From Around the Web: Oct. 25 Edition
(Photo: CBS News) In today’s top news, Colin Powell endorses President Obama’s re-election, Hurricane Sandy kills two in Jamaica, makes landfall in Miami, and D.C. sniper Lee Malvo says he was...
View ArticleNews From Around the Web: Feb. 18 Edition
(Photo: Bob Mack/Pool/Landov) In today’s news, a mistrial was declared on the murder charge against Michael Dunn in the killing of Jordan Davis; an Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot hijacks a plane and takes...
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