Bernie Sanders Calls On Hillary Clinton To Disavow Support From Rahm Emanuel
There was a time when any viable Democratic candidate for president wants the endorsement of Chicago's mayor. Not Bernie Sanders.
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There was a time when any viable Democratic candidate for president wants the endorsement of Chicago's mayor. Not Bernie Sanders.
Dr. King visited Chicago many times, including leading a walk in 1965 to protest segregation in schools here.
Rev. Jesse Jackson has an agenda for 2016 that includes a list of demands from the Chicago Police Department in light of the shooting incidents and allegations of cover-ups, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
Participants say they hope the pace of killing slows in the weeks and months to come.
Civic leaders and representatives of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities came together today to denounce the anti-Muslim, anti-refugee sentiment that has been picking up steam around the country.
The death of Laquan McDonald and other police-involved shootings took center stage Saturday at Rainbow/PUSH.
Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition marched down State Street Sunday afternoon to protest what they say was a cover up of the Laquan McDonald shooting.
Reverend Jesse Jackson plans to lead yet another protest of the city's handling of the Laquan McDonald case tomorrow on State Street in the Loop, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
Activists shut down part of Michigan Avenue on Black Friday, and planned to march to Water Tower Place, to protest the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
WBBM's Mike Krauser reports Rev. Jackson stood at a memorial to young people killed on the streets in the Pullman neighborhood saying he believes Laquan McDonald was murdered by officer Jason Van Dyke.
Leaders here say a state of emergency exists on the streets, CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports.
Many of those who marched are state employees, including DCFS worker Stephen Mittons, who said the neediest and most vulnerable are being put in the middle.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is asking Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic leaders to sit down and negotiate an end to the state's budget impasse.
Outrage is being voiced over the Charleston shootings at this weekend's annual Rainbow/PUSH convention on the South Side.
There was a protest and a counter-protest today outside a Riverdale gun shop that's been the focus of anti-gun violence protesters for years.
Forty-seven years have passed since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as he counseled striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn.
Barrow was one of the founders of the Chicago chapter of Operation Breadbasket, which became Operation PUSH. Barrow had been hospitalized for more than a week with a blood clot in her lung.
With both Mayor Rahm Emanuel and challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia hoping to build more support among black voters, Garcia on Monday won the backing of some prominent African-American ministers, including Rev. Jesse Jackson, who blasted the mayor's priorities.
Supporters of the Jackie Robinson West Little League team rallied around the kids Saturday at the headquarters of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition following this week's decision to strip the team of its national championship title over a finding that the team's leaders broke the rules.
After Rev. Jesse Jackson earlier said parents of Jackie Robinson West players would sue Little League International over the decision to strip the team of its national title, an attorney for the team said it was too early to know if a lawsuit is warranted.
There are accusations that racism was behind the decision by Little League International to strip the Jackie Robinson West team of the national title over cheating by the adults who run the team, reports WBBM's Mike Krauser.
Not surprisingly, Little League International's decision to strip Jackie Robinson West of their national title, due to violations of residency rules, has stirred up a hornet's nest, prompting reaction from all corners.
The Hyatt Regency Chicago hosted the 25th Annual PUSH Excel Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast, to raise money for students so they can further their education through college, and live the dreams of Dr. King.
Chicago's Reverend Jesse Jackson is calling for justice for the family of another black man killed by a Milwaukee police officer.
