How do Americans feel about current and past U.S. presidents? Poll shows how Americans rate Donald Trump, Barack Obama and even Andrew Jackson.

Our Back Pages / The candidate may have started as a long-shot contender, but The Nation always took him—and his impact on political history—seriously. Richard Kreitner In the spring of 1983, as the ...

The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic ...

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‘I don’t think Jesse Jackson saw his political life as something different from his call from God as a preacher,’ said the ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering figure in the U.S. civil rights movement, passed away at his Chicago home on the 17th (local time) at the age of 84. In a statement, his family said he “left this world ...

European markets have held up slightly better than their U.S. counterparts in recent weeks but the nerves still seem to be creeping in. Morgan Stanley analysts estimated that the market is ascribing a ...

Former Mayor Andrew Young says Atlanta helped shape civil rights leader Jesse Jackson's leadership and legacy.

Elon Musk has said that he's formed a new political party, but it's unclear what steps — if any — he's taken to do so, or how the effort might affect upcoming elections. Musk has not yet released any ...

Jackson didn’t just pave the way for Barack Obama. He envisioned a Democratic coalition and a policy agenda that were ahead ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died this week, ran for president twice, leading more Black voters to register. The year after ...