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January 3, 2020
Pembroke black farmers to tell their story at PUSH today
Rev. Jackson met with youth to prep them for a job
Wednesday, Jan. 1, begins the new year. It also marks the anniversary of a new America.
On Jan. 1, 1863, as the Civil War, the bloodiest of America’s wars, approached the end of its second year, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are and henceforward shall be free.”
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December 28, 2019
Three of the four Cook County Jail detainees to join Rev. Jackson Saturday
Jackson calls for national jail reform
On Wednesday, Christmas will be celebrated by millions of people across this country and across the world. Joy surrounds the holiday, with music in the air, lights on homes and lampposts, families gathering, presents exchanged and blessings shared.
For some, Christmas is a difficult time — for the poor, for separated families, for the lonely, for the imprisoned and the sick. Each year at this time, I use this column to recall the true meaning of Christmas.
Christmas is literally the mass for Christ, marking the birth of Jesus.
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Monday, December 23, 2019
Rev. Jackson goes to Cook County Jail with a social justice agenda for detainees
Will bond out some for Christmas
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Equal Pay for Equal Work - Intel Paves the Way on Disclosing Pay Segregation in the Tech Industry – Other companies should follow their lead in 2020
True to its tradition of transparency in the release of diversity and inclusion data, Intel released salary information by race and gender in a six page document early last week.
As the House of Representatives moves toward impeaching President Donald Trump this week — by what all predict will be a vote divided largely by party — it is time for reflection.
The House will indict the president for abuse of his office — trying to enlist a foreign government to intervene in our election by announcing an investigation of his potential opponent in the upcoming presidential race and for obstruction of justice in his extreme efforts to block the congressional investigation of his abuses.
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Friday, December 6, 2019
Rory Gamble Named First African American President of the Historic UAW
Walter Reuther Would Be Proud
Statement by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
When Rory Gamble was named President of the United Auto Workers, I could just imagine the great labor and civil rights giant Walter Reuther smiling upon us.
Donald Trump is famed for his head-snapping reversals. One day he’s taking troops out of the Middle East; the next he’s sending more in. One day he’s on the verge of an agreement with China on trade; the next he’s tweeting about holding off until after the election.
On one thing, however, Trump and his administration have been clear, consistent, coordinated and relentless: waging a war on the poor. Not a war on poverty but a war on the most vulnerable themselves.
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Friday, December 6, 2019
REV. JACKSON AND THE MOTHER OF BERNARD KERSH HEADED FOR 26TH AND CALIFORNIA TO BOND HIM OUT OF JAIL TONIGHT
Chicago, IL: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. will join Mrs. Keisha Johnson in getting her son, Bernard Kersh, out of Cook County Jail tonight, Friday, December 6, 2019.
The Illinois Department of Corrections has withdrew its hold on Kersh’s parole allowing him to make bail and be released.
