Former President Barack Obama said the presidential runs in the 1980s by the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. set the stage for other Black leaders, including himself

Towering civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. is being celebrated and remembered at The People's Celebration, his funeral service at the House of Hope on the Far South Side of Chicago.

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.

The Virginia Supreme Court has again ruled that voters will get to cast ballots on a congressional redistricting plan that could help Democrats in this year’s midterm elections

If the amendment to allow the state legislature to redraw congressional voter maps passes, it could potentially shift four Republican-held seats to Democrats.