Former President Barack Obama, speaking at the funeral services for Rev. Jesse Jackson​ Friday afternoon, credited Jackson's presidential runs in the 1980s with setting the stage for other Black leaders,

From former presidents to an NBA Hall of Famer to prominent church pastors, stories of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.’s influence on politics, corporate boardrooms and picket lines loomed large at a celebration honoring the late civil rights leader.

The nation’s first Black president took several swipes at Donald Trump at the legendary reverend’s funeral service.

We are living in a time when it can be hard to hope,” Obama said Friday at the final public tribute to Rev. Jesse Jackson. “Each day we wake up to some new assault to our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law,

Despite pledging to end “endless wars,” Trump’s second term has seen U.S. military operations across the world.

Former President Barack Obama has launched an effort to boost Virginia's redistricting amendment the day before early voting begins across the state.

NORFOLK, Va. — Former President Barack Obama on Thursday threw his weight behind Virginia Democrats’ effort to get new congressional maps approved ahead of the November midterm elections. Obama is featured in a video paid for by Virginia for Fair Elections calling out Republican-led states that have “taken the unprecedented step” of redrawing congressional maps in the middle of the decade

Obama has warned that several Republican states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an "unfair advantage."