BY JESSE JACKSON April 4 will mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, shot down on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. At the time, we had come to Memphis to support striking sanitation workers seeking a living wage […]
By Jesse Jackson (TriceEdneyWire.com) The United States is failing in what surely is the first duty of government — protecting our children from threats that they cannot deal with themselves. Voters and politicians are failing our children. After 17 students and teachers were killed and a […]
By Jesse Jackson (TriceEdneyWire.com) On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of Janus v. AFSCME; a ruling is expected in a few months. The case is the culmination of a concerted right-wing attack on the unions of teachers, police officers, firefighters, […]
By Jesse Jackson (TriceEdneyWire.com) As he delivers his first State of the Union address tonight, President Donald Trump is looking for approval. He’ll brag on the economy with a likely focus on his Twitter claim that “because of my policies,” Black unemployment is at its […]