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Make 2013 a Year of Renewal, Not Ruin
After a contentious election year and a polarizing debate surrounding the fiscal cliff, the Rev. Jesse Jackson writes in his Sun-Times column that America needs to buckle down and begin to rebuild its cities, fight crime and tackle unemployment. The new year begins with a bad hangover from 2012’s inane debate over the “fiscal cliff.”…
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Give Obama 4 More Years to Finish
Many of us remember the image of the Rev. Jesse Jackson crying during President Obama’s victory speech in 2008. The civil rights activist put pen to paper for the Guardian to rally the president’s supporters. Obama has done the best he can, and it’s been good work, Jackson writes. So yes, when President Obama took office,…
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Voters Should Challenge GOP Disrepect Toward Obama
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson writes in a blog entry at Huffington Post Black Voices that it is high time voters challenged the GOP’s campaign of insults that has been unleashed on President Barack Obama. While presidents have always been fair game for criticism, the assaults against Obama are particularly egregious and racially charged. Republican…
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