Opponents of Michigan’s emergency manager filed a lawsuit Thursday charging that Public Act 436 is a violation the federal Voting Rights Act. The suit coincides with the first official day the law goes into effect, with bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn Orr serving as emergency manager of Detroit. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who declared the city a [...]
Jesse Jackson Calls for Protest as Detroit Emergency Manager Takes Office
March 25, 2013 | Posted by
Newly appointed Detroit Financial Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr began his job Monday of re-stabilizing the city’s struggling finances, at the same time that the Reverend Jesse Jackson calls for a dispute of his hiring. Detroit is the largest city ever to be put under the financial control of the state, and if Orr manages to [...]
Jesse Jackson Eulogizes Chavez, Praises Service to The Poor
March 9, 2013 | Posted by
When Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was laid to rest yesterday in Caracas, ironically it was American civil rights leader Jesse Jackson who eulogized the controversial leader whose dislike of the U.S. sometimes seemed obsessive. “Hugo fed the hungry,” Jackson said. “He lifted the poor. He raised their hopes. He helped them realize their dreams. And, [...]
Epic Records Apologizes For Lil Wayne’s Vulgar Emmett Till Reference
February 14, 2013 | Posted by
Music executives are scrambling to remove from the Internet a leaked song in which rapper Lil Wayne compares a sexual act to the death of civil rights martyr Emmett Till. The track, a remix of Atlanta artist Future’s “Karate Chop,” was reportedly leaked on to the Internet without the permission of Future’s record label, Epic. [...]
Obama to Return to Chicago After State of The Union Address
February 11, 2013 | Posted by
President Obama will return to Chicago Friday to address the city’s rampant gun violence, according to a statement from the White House. First lady Michelle Obama visited the city over the weekend to attend the funeral of slain teen Hadiya Pendleton, one of the city’s 42 homicide victims in January. The Rev. Jesse Jackson called [...]
Plea Deal For Jesse Jackson Jr. Includes ‘Significant Jail Time’
February 7, 2013 | Posted by
A rumored plea deal for former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) may include a lengthy prison sentence, as the federal case against him continues to build. Jackson is under investigation for the misuse of campaign funds and his possible involvement with former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the sale of President Obama’s senate seat. “Significant [...]
Chicago Leaders Urged Obama to Address City’s Violence
February 4, 2013 | Posted by
Sunday brought a continued outcry in Chicago over the death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, the honors student and band majorette who was shot and killed days after performing at the president’s inauguration ceremony. Rev. Jesse Jackson led a march Saturday from Pendleton’s King College Prep high school to the 4400 block of South Oakenwald where [...]
Troubled Jackson, Jr. Reportedly Seeking Plea That Could Include Jail Time
November 12, 2012 | Posted by
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-Ill., has entered negotiations for a plea deal that would include his resignation from Congress and likely jail time, according to CBS Chicago. Jackson, Jr., the son of civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., and husband to Chicago Alderman Sandi Jackson, has not yet pleaded guilty to alleged misuse of campaign [...]
Word Of Possible Jesse Jackson, Jr. Plea Deal Angers Supporters
November 9, 2012 | Posted by
A supporter of troubled Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. says she feels betrayed by his reported decision to negotiate a possible plea deal with federal authorities while running for re-election. “To slap us in the face now, you just lied to us,” Ald. Carrie Austin (34th) told NBC Chicago. “You just lied to us. I feel [...]
Ailing Jesse Jackson, Jr. May Not Return To Work Until After Election
October 4, 2012 | Posted by
The wife of ailing Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. says her husband may not return to work until after the Nov. 6 election and likely won’t address his constituents until after they go to the polls to vote. Chicago Aldererman Sandi Jackson said her husband is seeing doctors two or three times per week as he [...]
