The late Jesse Jackson twice sought the Democratic nomination for president – and though he fell short in 1984 and 1988, his ...

When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for the country to realize its highest ideals.

President Donald Trump has hosted a White House reception for Black History Month, less than two weeks after he sparked a ...

In an interview, former president Barack Obama stirred the pot with some statements about extraterrestrials. Here's what he ...

One race equity expert called the president's remarks "petty, unpresidential and disrespectful to Jackson’s legacy." ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday highlighted top Black administration officials, rejected accusations of racism and promised “a century more” of success for African Americans during a White ...

Most afternoons in the White House briefing room are a grind of charts, border questions, and the same three talking points recycled with different adjectives. Karoline Leavitt knows that rhythm by ...

He asked, “Barack Obama was recently asked if aliens are real. He says they’re real, but he hasn’t seen them. President’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, told the New York Post that the president has a ...

It was an evening in April 2011, and Barack Obama had just given the order to go ahead with the commando raid to kill Osama bin Laden when he took to a podium in a Washington hotel and grinned at ...

Trump refuses to take responsibility for a racist video posted to his Truth Social account targeting the Obamas.

Jesse Jackson widened what "possible" meant, writes Imari K. Paris Jeffires. "He proved that a Black presidential candidacy could be a serious campaign that competed across regions and issues. That ...