When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for ...

As a student in North Carolina A&T, Jackson gradually became involved with the civil rights movement. In 1960, he was ...

Rahm Emanuel, former mayor of Chicago and White House Chief of Staff for Barack Obama spoke to members of Detroit's Economic ...

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

As America turns 250 years old in 2026, CBS News Chicago is looking back at two presidents who called Illinois home.

Obama aides have described how they underestimated Donald Trump before his 2016 presidential run, even as his influence grew ...

A new set of oral history interviews documents how Barack Obama and his advisers missed the shifting mood of the country that ...

The country's political debate is increasingly peppered with profanity but subjects such as immigration have been flashpoints for centuries.

Sen. Tim Scott took exception with comments California Gov. Gavin Newsom made while speaking with a Black elected official ...

Streaming giant Netflix is planning a Trumpian charm offensive on the heels of some very anti-MAGA comments made by one of ...

Who’s in the mix for Democrats? Nate Silver, the author of the newsletter Silver Bulletin, recently participated in a fantasy-style draft of potential 2028 Democratic contenders (with two of his ...