The late Rev. Jesse Jackson might best be remembered as a longtime civil rights leader, but he also played a pivotal role in presidential politics.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson's life was tied tightly to the city of Chicago and its people going back to when he first arrived in ...

My religion obligates me to be political, but my politics don’t obligate me to be religious,” said Jackson — frequently introduced to audiences as the Country Preacher — at a 1985 news ...

The Reverend Jesse Jackson, who has died aged 84, was a champion of black consciousness in America and the first black candidate in history to make a bid for the White House.

Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday.

On May 8—the second day of the conclave—at Santa Marta, the cardinals have a continental breakfast between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. Cardinal Timothy Dolan sits at a table with his jar of peanut butter that ...

California counts votes very slowly. While many other states and even other countries can tally ballots and report totals on election night, Californians have become accustomed to waiting an entire ...

This video uncovers how Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 election strategy, the battle over civil rights, and a Republican Party civil war collided with elite “Eastern Establishment” advisers to produce the ...

Republican Matt Van Epps (R) won a special election on Tuesday in Tennessee in what was seen as a likely bellwether for next year’s midterms. Van Epps defeated state Rep. Aftyn Behn (D) for a ...

Pornhub traffic plummeted in the Big Apple on Tuesday night as nervous New Yorkers watched the election count come in, new data from the website reveals. Visits to the X-rated site were down a ...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi spent Tuesday’s election night at a barbecue restaurant in San Francisco’s Castro District. Perhaps the pastrami brought her some good luck: With the passage of California’s ...