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How Jesse Jackson’s ‘radically inclusive’ vision shaped the Democratic party we know today

The civil rights trailblazer imagined a future for America in which the marginalized became the center of US politics

The Guardian - US · Feb 21

From mom-and-pops to Goldman Sachs, Jesse Jackson’s vision for American business sparked a revolution

The civil rights leader, whose dealmaking skills pushed Wall Street to invest in minority-owned businesses, died on Tuesday.

Fortune · Feb 19

Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson dead

Jackson led a rainbow coalition of Americans through decades of protest and progress

Salon · Feb 17

‘He gave us a sense of pride’: Rev Al Sharpton on Malcolm X’s 100th birthday

Veteran activist reflects on Malcolm’s legacy and decades of progress now rolled back by Trump and ‘white supremacy on steroids’

The Guardian - US · May 19, 2025

How Jesse Jackson embodied Southern politics − and changed American elections

Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” Like several survivors of that violent day in 1965, when police brutally attacked civil rights protesters, Jackson crossed the…

The Conversation · Mar 12, 2025

War in Ukraine will hurt the global economy

High gas prices are just the start. The ripple effects of other commodity prices, particularly of grains, have already started to hit pocketbooks worldwide

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 13, 2022