Tag: Jesse Jackson
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Sessions stands for outmoded, unjust law-and-order policies, By Jesse Jackson
BY JESSE JACKSON Attorney General Jeff Sessions gets it wrong. On core issue after core issue — civil rights, voting rights, women’s rights, police reform and particularly mass incarceration — he is a destructive force. The United States locks up more people per capita than any country in the world. China, run by a brutal…
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Time for a citizens’ commission defending our right to vote by Jesse Jackson
By Jesse Jackson Donald Trump’s commission on “election integrity” is meeting sensible resistance. The commission issued letters calling on states to provide it with extensive personal information on all voters, including names, addresses, birthdates, party affiliation, the last four digits Social Security numbers, military status and criminal records. This data collection would be targeted by…
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Trump ratchets up the use of guns, bombs, troops, and insults by Jesse Jackson
By Jesse Jackson In his campaign, Donald Trump promised “we’re going to start winning again.” In office, he has defined winning largely in military terms. His budget decimates the State Department while adding billions to the Pentagon. He boasts that he’s delegated decisions on force levels abroad to the Pentagon. Secretary of Defense Mike Mattis…
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Trump turns back on a future with Cuba
By Jesse Jackson In his perverse fixation on overturning all things Barack Obama, President Donald Trump now turns his attention to Cuba, the island located 90 miles off our shore. Reports are that the president plans to travel to Florida to announce that he will reverse Obama’s opening to Cuba, reinstate restrictions on the right…
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Venezuela needs helping hand, not a hammer blow
By Jesse Jackson If you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail. The United States has a big hammer: the military, plus the intelligence community’s covert intervention forces. So we are dropping bombs from drones in seven countries. Donald Trump goes to Saudi Arabia peddling arms and urging military cooperation. When North…
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As Obama departs, we owe him our thanks – Jesse Jackson
By Jesse Jackson The final days of the Obama presidency are upon us. His popularity is rising with the economy, and with the increasingly stark contrasts to his successor. It is worth being clear about the legacy that he leaves behind. Obama came to office facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The…