Daily Archives: February 23, 2026
We are all somebody … because Jesse Jackson told us we are
On Sesame Street, the show no child in the country wanted to miss, Rev. Jesse Jackson teaches children to say and believe, “I am somebody” in 1972. – Photo: Sesame Workshop
A message from Kevin Cooper in memory of Rev. Jesse Jackson
The Rev. Jesse Jackson had a special place in his heart for prisoners. Here, despite the disease that would take his life three years later, on Jan. 21, 2023, he made his customary annual visit to the Cook County Jail with his son, Congressman Jonathan Jackson, pushing his wheelchair as prisoners rushed to welcome him. – Screenshot: WGN News
We can’t claim to value justice while starving public defense
San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju, "Across the country, thousands of people sit in jails and prisons for crimes they did not commit or for conduct that would never be charged if they were in a different socio-economic bracket. Some were wrongfully convicted by juries."
You are invited to join national Black leaders for the National Mobilization Against Genocides...
As Salaam Alaikum! Revolutionary Greetings!
We are Jalil Muntaqim and Ashaki Binta, national co-coordinators of the National Mobilization Against Genocides, July 4, 2026, in Atlanta,...