Members of the Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project convened at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel Wednesday to discuss a report they recently published, documenting struggles…
George Zimmerman was released around midnight Sunday from a county jail on $150,000 bail as he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. The neighborhood watch volunteer was wearing a brown jacket and blue jeans and carrying a paper bag. He met a man in a white vehicle and drove away. His […]
Civil Rights Activist Rev. Jesse Jackson is speaking out against the restructuring of the Grammy Awards, after it announced the downsizing from 109 categories to 78. The Academy is considering condensing awards into an all-inclusive category. Jackson does not approve of this move and is launching an effort to reverse the category cuts. He sent […]
Contrary to a flood of tweets overnight, Ruby Dee is very much alive. Jeffrey Leavitt, representative for the 87-year-old actress and civil rights activist, corrected the false reports on Wednesday. Dee’s rumored death apparently resulted from confusion between her name and that of Heavy D, the popular rapper who died in Beverly Hills, Calif., on […]
A gay former employee of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition has filed a lawsuit against Rev. Jesse Jackson, accusing him of sexual harassment and discrimination. Tommy R. Bennett said he was sexually harassed and forced to clean up after Jackson’s sexual escapades with women in hotel rooms, according to the Courthouse News Service. Bennett worked for […]
VIA EXCLUSIVEACCESS.NET What is the Isley Influence? Just ask Rev Jesse Jackson, Wolf Blitzer, L.A Reid, Steve Harvey, Terrance Howard, Tank, Jeremiah, Taraji P. Henson, Ne-Yo, Cee-lo, El Debarge, Sean Garret, Faith Evans, erykah badu, & Many more and you will understand with the Isley Influence is all about. With Ronald Isley being released and […]
From ESPN.com Jesse Jackson criticized Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert on Sunday for treating LeBron James like a “runaway slave” and said that the owner’s incendiary letter to Cavs fans put LeBron in danger. Gilbert’s letter, which was intended for Cavs fans but has generated attention nationally, called James cowardly and narcissistic and said that […]
From the Chicago Sun-Times: The Rev. Jesse Jackson says the Gulf Coast oil spill is a result of the federal government’s weak enforcement of the nation’s environmental laws.
Via: www.newsone.com // From MSNBC: DAKAR – Senegal’s monument to the “African Renaissance” will be formally unveiled before foreign dignitaries and celebrities on Saturday. Slightly bigger than New York’s Statue of Liberty, the giant group of man, woman and infant is perched on a hill overlooking the Senegalese capital Dakar. Click below to view GALLERY: […]
