When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for ...

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

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,” ...

Mr. Jackson’s oratorical artistry possessed varied velocities, spellbinding cadences, compelling tones, fiery salvos and hushed and whispered articulations. His arsenal included rhyming admonitions — ...