jesse jackson

• Opinion

Jesse Jackson: Trump did the right thing, twice

Jesse Jackson: Kudos to President Trump for not following the ruinous advice of his aides and supporters.

• Opinion

A dialogue on slavery reparations is overdue

The lingering effects of slavery are too obvious not to have a conversation about finally addressing them.

• Politics

The Rev. Jesse Jackson says of reparations proposal, it's time 'to take seriously the damage done' by slavery

The Rev. Jesse Jackson wants the idea of paying reparations to the descendants of slaves discussed, he tells The Baltimore Sun's editorial board.

By Juliana Kim

Jun 20, 2019

• Opinion

'Minoritized:' a violent word

“Minoritized” is a violent word that makes the user look insensitive, suggests sinister intention by its subject and assigns an insulting lack of agency to its object.  It is the sort of word that reflects poorly on everyone associated with it. 

• Opinion

Pitts: A Black History Month that explains why we need Black History Month

This has indeed been a Black History Month that explains why we need Black History Month, says Leonard Pitts Jr.

• Opinion

Why can't a black candidate win statewide office in so-called progressive Maryland?

Has no black candidate ever been able to win statewide office because of white voters racial biases.

• Obituaries

Willie J. Gray, a local pioneering African-American KFC franchisee, dies

Willie J. Gray, a Baltimore businessman who became a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisee, died at Lehigh Valley-Muhlenberg in Bethlehem, Pa. The Govans resident was 76.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Jun 29, 2018

• Politics

Democrat Ben Jealous pitches health care for all, free college tuition in bid for Maryland governor

Ben Jealous, who describes himself as an organizer, is trying to blaze a progressive path to the Maryland State House.

By Michael Dresser

May 18, 2018

• Opinion

Goldberg: Like Lincoln, King now belongs to the ages

Martin Luther King Jr. called upon Americans to live up to the best versions of themselves, says Jonah Goldberg.

• Opinion

Where does MLK fit in today's #MeToo world?

Over the past few days, during commemorations of the 50th anniversary of his murder, we've heard a lot about King's prophetic vision of peace and social justice. There's been much less talk about his serial philandering, which reminds us that he was — like all of us — a flawed human being.

• Entertainment

Lewis museum photo exhibit 'Reflections' looks into lives of prominent black Americans

In "Reflections," the artist Terrence A. Reese shot black and white images of the living spaces of such cultural icons as Jesse Jackson, B.B. King and Cathy Hughes. These leaders appear in Reese's gorgeous photographs as images in a mirror.

By Mary Carole McCauley

Mar 17, 2018

• Opinion

Goldberg: Is diversity a strength, and should strength be a core value?

There's a growing body of evidence that even if diversity once made America stronger, it may not be doing so anymore, at least in the short and medium term.

• Opinion

Baltimore's decline isn't about racism

Baltimore will not improve if the focus is on racism, not fixing the problems.

• Opinion

Jesse Jackson: Donald Trump's dangerous delusions on police brutality

Donald Trump essentially endorsed police brutality before a gathering of police officers in Long Island, says Jesse Jackson.

• Opinion

Jesse Jackson: There is no market for Trump's values

President Donald Trump and his administration are expressing moral values that have no market value, says Rev. Jesse Jackson.

• Baltimore City

Rosenstein calls for bold approach to violent crime during NAACP speech in Baltimore

Rod Rosenstein cited the final case he handled in his former role: the prosecution of seven Baltimore police officers accused of corruption in the line of duty.

By Jonathan M. Pitts

Jul 25, 2017

• Baltimore City

In Chicago speech, Mosby says Baltimore police reform stems from charging officers in Gray case

In some of her most expansive public comments about the Freddie Gray case since dropping charges against the accused officers last year, Baltimore State's

• Sports

Rev. Jesse Jackson says Orioles' Adam Jones is 'going through his Jackie Robinson moment'

“He's symbolizing the pain of this hour. There are far more people for him than against him. He represents the best in America.”

By Jonas Shaffer

May 3, 2017

• Opinion

Desegregating Baltimore

A half-century after Martin Luther King's death, is Baltimore less segregated? Yes and no.

• Entertainment

Marylanders well represented in national African-American museum

Benjamin Banneker is among dozens of Marylanders and Baltimoreans represented in a collection of approximately 40,000 artifacts — some 3,000 onsite. Objects of local origin include a stone slave auction block from Hagerstown. A pinback from the Baltimore Elite Giants, a Negro League baseball team. Colorful entertainment placards produced by Baltimore's own Globe Poster Printing Corp.

• Opinion

Lexington Market plans don't say 'Baltimore'

As the author of a book about the history of Lexington Market, I was pleased to read that a decision has been reached to raze the current structure and replace it with a new one. But then I looked at the picture of the proposed building, and the more I looked, the less I liked. It seems as though the designers misinterpreted "clean and well-lit" to mean "uninviting and sterile." The glass and metal rendering could be anything, anywhere — a bus station in Omaha, a savings and loan in

• Opinion

Horsey: In the spin room with Trump's flying monkeys

Post debate, each presidential candidate's surrogates gave the same old spin, says David Horsey. What else would you expect?

• Opinion

Want to follow the money behind political ads? Good luck finding it

There is no doubt that TV ads played a major role in Tuesday's Democratic primary election for mayor, which Catherine Pugh won by only 2,574 votes over Sheila Dixon. The question is how much the outcome was shaped by the money spent on a highly sophisticated media effort for Pugh — and against Dixon.

By David Zurawik

Apr 29, 2016

• Anne Arundel

Still under fire, former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon eyes a comeback

Six years after her resignation, thousands of Baltimoreans want Sheila Dixon back as mayor.

By Luke Broadwater

Mar 17, 2016

• Opinion

Automatic writing: A Throwback Thursday feature

• Education

What they're saying about DeRay Mckesson's Baltimore mayoral announcement

In a surprise move Wednesday night, prominent civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson filed to run for Baltimore mayor as a Democrat.

By Quinn Kelley

Feb 4, 2016

• Baltimore City

Jesse Jackson to Morgan graduates: 'Choose hope and go forward'

The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke at Morgan State University's winter commencement Friday.

By Jessica Anderson

Dec 18, 2015

• Colleges and Universities

Jesse Jackson to give keynote speech at Morgan State's graduation

Noted civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will be the keynote speaker for Morgan State University's winter commencement on Friday morning, the college announced this week.

By Carrie Wells

Dec 17, 2015

• Opinion

Want black votes? Try offering respect

As the election season kicks into higher gear and black voters become even more valuable, there will be other meetings with ministers, civic leaders, entrepreneurs, educators. All good. But shame on any candidates who think they can obtain black votes in exchange for only photo ops and the chance for a select few to boast about "my guy" (or gal). Shame on blackfolks if we can be bought for so little.

• Opinion

Where's the indignation for what African Americans do to themselves?

Leonard Pitts Jr. asks 'where's the indignation for what African Americans do to themselves?'

• Baltimore City Paper

Center Stage presents 'guerrilla street theater' filmed at Black Lives Matter sites

Center Stage's new online video plays reflect the multifaceted nature of the Black Lives Matter movement

• Opinion

Bernie does Liberty University

Cal Thomas offers his lessons for building wealth: Get married, invest, save, help others, and prepare for change.

• Sports

Ray Rice deserves second chance, Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti says

Count Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti among those who believe jobless running back Ray Rice should get an opportunity in the NFL this season.

By Alexander Pyles

Aug 12, 2015

• Ravens

Jesse Jackson says Ray Rice deserves a second chance

Add the Rev. Jesse Jackson to the growing list of public figures who say former Ravens running back Ray Rice deserves a second chance to play in the NFL.

By Alexander Pyles

Aug 11, 2015

• News

Like Baltimore, other U.S. cities are grappling with homicide spike

• Baltimore City

Jesse Jackson Jr. released from Baltimore halfway house

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been released from a halfway house in Baltimore, where he'd been living since his release from an Alabama federal prison in March.

• Maryland

Place blame where it belongs [Letter]

• Crime

Malik Shabazz defends activism; criticized as an 'interloper'

Malik Shabazz knows that many don't want him here in Baltimore. And for them, he has bad news.

• Maryland

Six officers charged in death of Freddie Gray

The six Baltimore police officers involved in the arrest of Freddie Gray – who died last month after being injured in police custody – have been charged criminally, State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Friday.

• Opinion

Why they riot

After the riots, build a better Baltimore

• Opinion

Baltimore takes center stage over Freddie Gray

Susan Reimer on the Freddie Gray riots

By Susan Reimer

Apr 29, 2015

• Baltimore City Paper

Grieving for a Nation: Reflection, hope, and dismay at the funeral of Freddie Gray

• Opinion

Jerry Brown's latest water woes

California Gov. Jerry Brown has reason to appreciate the saying that what goes around, comes around. Some 38 years after coping with a massive drought in the Golden State in his first governorship, he's beleaguered again by the same natural disaster.

By Jules Witcover

Apr 6, 2015

• Opinion

Eerie similarities between Selma and Baltimore

Baltimore and Selma have a lot in common — including misrule by Democrats.

• Opinion

Demonstrators sought police violence

Sharpton and others wanted 'I can't breathe' protests to lead to attacks of police officers

• Opinion

Turning a page on Cuba

The shift in U.S. policy toward the island marks the end of the last vestige of the Cold War

• Opinion

The return of the Clinton Democrats (not really)

Today's self-proclaimed "Clinton Democrats" are more like Mr. Obama than they want to admit, writes Jonah Goldberg.

• Opinion

Sun slow to report on stabbing [Letter]

Newspaper has been slow to report on Federal Hill stabbing and its racial implications

• Opinion

Sun slow to report on stabbing [Letter]

• Opinion

Rioting requires police response [Letter]

Unrest in Ferguson shows need for police intervention and crowd control