Convicted former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is ramping up an effort to get politicians to encourage President Joe ...

Jesse Jackson Jr. has the juice for a political comeback. He could upset the pecking orders of Chicago’s Black political ...

Rep. Rush Kicked Off House Floor for Wearing Hoodie Rep. Bobby Rush kicked off House floor for wearing hoodie in support of Trayvon Martin… Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed ...

The young Illinois state senator had just lost a bruising congressional primary to Bobby Rush. By 2004, he was back at the ...

Introduced in the House by Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.), it passed the Senate last year, where it was spearheaded by Sens. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is a member of Omega Psi Phi. Former Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) is a member of Iota Phi Theta. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) is an active a member of Sigma Gamma Rho.

Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush, said ahead of its passage. In 2020, following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis, the House passed an earlier iteration of the bill ...

A photograph of a crowd in Texas watching an execution in 1893 The US House of Representatives has overwhelming voted to make lynching a federal hate crime in the country. The move comes over 100 ...

Democratic incumbent Bobby Scott and Republican challenger John Sitka are competing to represent Virginia’s 3rd Congressional ...

The House passed a bill package to bar retirement plan fiduciaries from considering environmental, social and governance ...

The scion of a noted Chicago political family is pondering whether to enter the race to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush. If he does, Jonathan Jackson would shake up the contest.