CHICAGO — A day after former Governor Rod Blagojevich received a presidential pardon, former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is calling for millions more. Jackson Jr. addressed the public Tuesday ...

Jesse Jackson Jr. will host afternoons on WVON-AM, Chicago's historic Black radio station, Monday through Thursday.

Jackson Jr told WTTW News that he needed the money to maintain two bases - in Washington and Chicago - as part of his political career. "So to the tune of about US$75,000 a year, I lived in my ...

Time served: Jesse Jackson Jr. spent 30 months in prison for wire and mail fraud in 2012. Sandi Jackson served a year for filing false tax returns. The former congressman had already stepped down ...

NBC NEWS - Former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. will learn whether and for how long he could go to prison Wednesday — but he’s already shown a preference for some of the nation’s poshest pens..

Tacuma R. Roeback is the managing editor of the Chicago Defender. (Courtesy photo) Jesse Jackson Jr., once a rising star in the Democratic Party and a proud member of one of America’s most ...

The 82-Year-Old Has Faced His Share of Controversy This wasn’t the only controversy Reverend Jesse Jackson faced while in the public eye. He was with MLK Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee on the day of ...

With performances, scholarship awards and a speech from Jesse Jackson Jr., the West County Democrats celebrated the life and legacy of Maryland Congressman Parren J. Mitchell during their annual ...

For over six decades, Reverend Jesse Jackson has shaped American civil rights ... under Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s leadership. He quickly became a close ally of Dr. King and played a significant ...

CHICAGO — Jesse Jackson sat in a wheelchair near the back ... Hotel on that early April night in 1968 when Martin Luther King ...