Democratic candidates have notched a series of wins in recent special elections — but a new AP-NORC poll finds views of the Democratic Party among rank-and-file Democrats have not bounced back since ...

A giant of the American civil rights struggle and a political pioneer, the Reverend Jesse Jackson now belongs to history. We ...

Jesse Jackson on Tuesday by posting an emotional moment of the late civil rights leader witnessing the very milestone he ...

Former President Barack Obama’s presidential center in Chicago is again coming under scrutiny for its architectural design — ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at 84, had a profound impact on Florida's civil rights movement and political landscape, inspiring many leaders and activists.

Jesse Jackson, one of the world's best-known Black activists who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of ...

Obama aides have described how they underestimated Donald Trump before his 2016 presidential run, even as his influence grew online and in politics.

A new set of oral history interviews documents how Barack Obama and his advisers missed the shifting mood of the country that would ultimately replace him with a successor they considered a “con man,” ...

A protege of Martin Luther King Jr, Jackson built a career around working to politically organise and improve the lives of African-Americans, and became a national force during his two White House ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, America’s most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of the Rev. Dr ...

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama attended the NBA All-Star Game with one special person in tow: Their 24-year-old daughter Sasha Obama, who made a rare appearance for the occasion.