Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.

CHICAGO (AP) — Democrat Pete Buttigieg (BOO’-tuh-juhj) says he needs to meet more voters in the black community and they “need to see me in action for a longer period of time.” Buttigieg is looking to build support with black voters for his presidential bid. He spoke Tuesday at a convention for Rainbow PUSH, the […]

The Rainbow PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund will host its 22nd Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit, February 20 – February 22, 2019. Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. urges everyone to attend. This year’s theme is “400 Years Later: Closing the Wealth Gap, Expanding Opportunity.” It will feature sessions on closing the racial wealth gap, advancing consumer protection, the state of telecom and […]

  Roland Martin talks to Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. about Intel’s new billion dollar initiative that will impact HBCU’s and bring in new jobs. Rev. Jackson has long been an advocate of bringing more opportunities to Silicon Valley for minorities and pressuring those companies to release their EEO reports. “We are trying to build a linkage […]

Jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are projected to grow by 17 percent by 2018, compared to 9.8 percent for jobs in other fields,…

During this year’s Annual Rainbow Push Coalition Conference, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. reminded attendees and members of the black press that black stories matter. He stressed that, if the…