http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Jesse_JacksonFind stories, videos, and photos about Jesse Jackson from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:00:51 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/CRIME/10/03/illinois.teen.beating.funeral/tztop.albert.jpghttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Jesse_Jackson14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Jesse Jackson from CNN.com.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/03/illinois.teen.beating.funeral/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/03/illinois.teen.beating.funeral/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe funeral of a Chicago teenager whose beating death was caught on video was attended Saturday by scores of family members, officials and community leaders, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson.Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:40:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/14/jesse.jackson.ivory.coast/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/14/jesse.jackson.ivory.coast/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Rev. Jesse Jackson ended a trip to the Ivory Coast on Friday, after he spoke to leaders from the nation's political parties and was honored as a prince by a tribe in the West African nation.Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/28/michael.jackson/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/28/michael.jackson/index.html#cnnSTCTextMichael Jackson's father says he is concerned about the last moments of his son's life and about the personal physician who found the pop icon unconscious at the singer's estate.Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:10:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/10/illinois.cemetery/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/10/illinois.cemetery/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Cook County cemetery where hundreds of graves were dug up and allegedly resold has been declared a crime scene, meaning that relatives of people believed buried there will not be allowed to visit for several days, an official said Friday.Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:32:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20287787_20288171,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20287787_20288171,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnThe family friend tells PEOPLE that Michael's kids are "secure and happy" with their grandparents, though concerns existMon, 29 Jun 2009 14:47:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/27/michael.jackson/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/27/michael.jackson/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo days after the death of Michael Jackson, the family of the pop superstar thanked his fans for their condolences and support in "one of the darkest moments of our lives."Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:52:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20287787_20287956,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20287787_20287956,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnSister Janet arrives at the family home, as Michael's children play outsideSat, 27 Jun 2009 14:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/22/iran.us.journalist/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/22/iran.us.journalist/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Iranian human-rights activist and Nobel laureate has joined the legal team of an Iranian-American journalist convicted of spying and jailed in Iran.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/21/us.journalist.jackson/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/21/us.journalist.jackson/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Rev. Jesse Jackson has offered to travel to Iran to help release a jailed Iranian-American journalist who was recently convicted of spying.Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:05:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1856561,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1856561,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Democrat celebrates his broad, historic victory as the country's first black President by hailing the power of democracy and underlining the major challenges he will face in officeWed, 05 Nov 2008 01:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/12/clinton/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/12/clinton/index.html#cnnSTCTextIf Sen. Hillary Clinton's name is placed in nomination in Denver, Colorado, this year, it wouldn't be the first time that a candidate was beaten in the primaries and still formally contested the nomination at the convention.Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:44:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/16/music.nas/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/16/music.nas/index.html#cnnSTCTextWhen Nas said he didn't name his album "Nigger" because there might be problems getting it into stores, it was no surprise. But when he said pressure from black leaders played a role, it seemed out of character.Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:21:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/14/obama.naacp/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/14/obama.naacp/index.html#cnnSTCTextSen. Barack Obama paid tribute Monday to the black leadership in the civil rights battles of the '60s and '70s, but reminded members of the NAACP that those leaders "were not much older than many of you when they made their mark on history."Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/10/jackson.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/10/jackson.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Rev. Jesse Jackson is under fire after accusing Sen. Barack Obama of "talking down to black people,' and making what he has called a "crude and hurtful" remark about the presumptive Democratic nominee.Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:49:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/phil_taylor/05/27/barkley/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/phil_taylor/05/27/barkley/index.htmlIndiana Jones is back at your local multiplex, dodging danger at every turn, somehow escaping from perilous situations that lesser men would never survive. But as entertaining as Indy may be, his exploits can't measure up to the real-life adventures of Charles Barkley, who somehow continues to emerge unscathed from the kind of controversies -- like the little matter of his $400,000 gambling debt that arose two weeks ago -- that would deal death blows to the images of most public figures. Barkley, the former NBA star turned TNT broadcaster, is like a superhero who strolls out of the rubble of a collapsed building, calmly brushing dust off his shoulders as if nothing ever happened.Tue, 27 May 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/22/bill.clinton.race/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/22/bill.clinton.race/index.html#cnnSTCTextFormer President Bill Clinton denied Tuesday he had accused Sen. Barack Obama's campaign of "playing the race card" during an interview Monday. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:30:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1726656_1726689,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1726656_1726689,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOn the 40th anniversary of his assassination, TIME talks with the four surviving aides who were with him that fateful dayFri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1707547,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1707547,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsFor the Democrats, Super Tuesday may settle nothing. The reason lies in new party rules that were never road-testedMon, 28 Jan 2008 19:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/27/roland.martin/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/27/roland.martin/index.html#cnnSTCTextEven as voters in South Carolina headed to the polls Saturday to deliver a beat down to Sen. Hillary Clinton for Sen. Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton continued to stoke the racial fire, hoping an ember would ignite his wife's campaign and lead it to victory.Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:08:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/15/obama.clinton/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/15/obama.clinton/index.html#cnnSTCTextSens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both called for an end to a bitter fight in a racially charged debate that has roiled the Democratic presidential contest over the last few days.Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/28/martin.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/28/martin.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTextSen. Barack Obama said Friday the fact he is viewed as a legitimate presidential candidate is testament to the progress America has made on race relations.Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:02:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1664647,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1664647,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSun, 23 Sep 2007 15:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/19/jackson.jena6/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/19/jackson.jena6/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Rev. Jesse Jackson criticized Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday over his reaction to the arrest of six black juveniles in Jena, Louisiana, on murder charges, accusing the Illinois senator of "acting like he's white," according to a South Carolina newspaper.Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:41:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/20/jackson.jena6/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/20/jackson.jena6/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Rev. Jesse Jackson said Thursday that a South Carolina newspaper misinterpreted his comments when it reported he said Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is "acting like he's white." Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:40:00 EDThttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/arash_markazi/07/10/allstar.parties/index.htmlhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/arash_markazi/07/10/allstar.parties/index.htmlSAN FRANCISCO -- Johan Santana looks like a natural as he effortlessly swings for the fences. His smile grows with every ball he hits out of the park. "This is the easiest thing to do," he says after blasting his ninth homer. "I don't know what the big deal is."Wed, 11 Jul 2007 06:30:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/04/13/martin.imus/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/04/13/martin.imus/index.htmlNo one would have thought that when Rosa Parks opted not to give up her seat to a white man in 1955, a dozen years later blacks would have the full right to vote, the ability to eat in hotels and restaurants and see Jim Crow destroyed.Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:38:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/04/11/duke.emails/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/04/11/duke.emails/index.htmlAll charges have been dropped in the sexual assault case against three former Duke University lacrosse players due to "insufficient evidence to proceed on any of the charges," North Carolina's attorney general announced Wednesday.Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:25:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/11/imus.reader.feedback/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/11/imus.reader.feedback/index.htmlTalk radio host Don Imus has been suspended by CBS and MSNBC for two weeks after he referred to members of the Rutgers women's basketball team as "nappy-headed hos."Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:05:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/biden.obama/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/biden.obama/index.htmlSen. Joe Biden planned to spend Wednesday focusing on his official announcement that he was running for president, but the Delaware Democrat instead found himself defending remarks he made to the New York Observer about his Democratic opponents.Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:19:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/19/jackson.obama/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/19/jackson.obama/index.htmlJesse Jackson says that as he shares fond memories of his 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns with Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, he also passes along memories of the ugly side.Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:02:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/01/nola.rally/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/01/nola.rally/index.htmlHundreds of protesters led by the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton rallied Saturday, saying the city's election plans will disenfranchise voters displaced by Hurricane Katrina.Sat, 01 Apr 2006 19:14:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/11/02/rosa.parks/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/11/02/rosa.parks/index.htmlThousands of mourners packed a Detroit church Wednesday for an emotional tribute to civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who changed the country 50 years ago when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man.Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:01:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/08/politcal.correctness/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/08/politcal.correctness/index.htmlYou've heard several people on our show, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson and others, admonish us not to use the term "refugee" when describing the New Orleans citizens who've had to flee their homes. Jackson and others, including President Bush, have said or implied that term is racially insensitive.Thu, 08 Sep 2005 21:18:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/13/jackson.reax/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/13/jackson.reax/index.htmlThe following are a sample of reactions to the acquittal of Michael Jackson on all 10 charges in his child molestation trial:Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/09/jackson.trial/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/09/jackson.trial/index.htmlThe eight women and four men deciding Michael Jackson's fate worked for two and half hours Thursday before adjourning for the day without a decision on the 10 felony counts against the pop star.Thu, 09 Jun 2005 16:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/07/jackson.trial/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/07/jackson.trial/index.htmlThe jury in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial will be back at work Wednesday after deliberating for six hours Tuesday without coming to a decision on the 10 felony charges against the pop star.Tue, 07 Jun 2005 15:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/05/14/fox.jackson/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/05/14/fox.jackson/index.htmlThe Rev. Jesse Jackson on Saturday criticized Mexican President Vicente Fox's comment that Mexican immigrants to the United States take jobs "that not even blacks want to do."Sat, 14 May 2005 23:31:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/30/schiavo/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/30/schiavo/index.htmlThe parents of a brain-damaged woman lost their emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday night to have their daughter's feeding tube reinserted.Wed, 30 Mar 2005 05:11:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/29/schiavo/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/29/schiavo/index.htmlThe mother of Terri Schiavo made an impassioned plea to her daughter's husband Tuesday night, calling on him to "give my child back to me."Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:06:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/02/01/jackson.hostage/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/02/01/jackson.hostage/index.htmlThe Rev. Jesse Jackson says he hopes to use his role as a religious leader to help secure the release of American hostage Roy Hallums, who was kidnapped three months ago in Iraq, the civil rights leader announced Tuesday.Tue, 01 Feb 2005 17:25:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/03/hanging.chads.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/03/hanging.chads.tm/index.htmlA recount has confirmed that George W. Bush won in Ohio, though Jesse Jackson last week lent his support to a lawsuit challenging the results because of irregularities. But it isn't the only place where ballots were being scrutinized:Mon, 03 Jan 2005 17:11:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/29/gop.main/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/29/gop.main/index.htmlTens of thousands of demonstrators carrying signs and chanting "No More Bush" marched Sunday past Madison Square Garden, the site of the Republican National Convention, which opened Monday.Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:47:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/25/libya.jackson/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/25/libya.jackson/index.htmlU.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson has met AIDS-infected children in the Libyan city of Bengasi, which Libyan authorities say were intentionally infected by international medical workers.Wed, 25 Aug 2004 11:56:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/24/libya.jackson/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/24/libya.jackson/index.htmlU.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson is waiting in Tripoli for a meeting with Libyan officials to discuss the north African nation's role in the crisis in Sudan.Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:42:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/30/obama/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/30/obama/index.htmlA unified party, a harmonious convention, a powerful message -- what more do you want?Fri, 30 Jul 2004 19:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/29/wed.blog.roundup/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/29/wed.blog.roundup/index.htmlDay three of tracking blogs surrounding the activities of the Democratic National Convention focused on former presidential candidates, including John Edwards, as well as delegate doings, media coverage and, of course, Barack Obama.Thu, 29 Jul 2004 07:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/28/dems.jackson.transcript/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/28/dems.jackson.transcript/index.htmlThe Rev. Jesse Jackson, who sought the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in the 1984 and 1988 elections, spoke Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention. This is a transcript of his remarks.Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:26:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/06/28/374377/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/06/28/374377/index.htmOkay, we were wrong. Mon, 28 Jun 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/15/brown.anniversary/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/15/brown.anniversary/index.htmlCivil rights activists gathered in Washington on Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, but warned that America has not done nearly enough to fulfill the ruling's promise.Sun, 16 May 2004 02:14:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/18/jackson.iraq/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/18/jackson.iraq/index.htmlAmerican civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Sunday that he has "had prayer" with the wife of Thomas Hamill, an American contractor abducted in Iraq, and promised his family he would try to win his freedom.Sun, 18 Apr 2004 16:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/19/haiti.revolt/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/02/19/haiti.revolt/index.htmlA multinational team will travel to Haiti Saturday to discuss a plan to calm the turbulence there, a senior State Department official announced Thursday as Americans were urged to leave Haiti as soon as possible.Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:42:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/15/349174/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/09/15/349174/index.htmCAROL MOSELEY BRAUN is a former one-term Senator from Illinois (defeated for reelection in 1998) who was named U.S. ambassador to New Zealand as a consolation prize. Her presidential bid might have...Mon, 15 Sep 2003 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/03/01/274046/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/03/01/274046/index.htmJESSE SR. Wed, 01 Mar 2000 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/07/19/263134/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/07/19/263134/index.htmFor the second year in a row, FORTUNE's list of the best places for minorities to work has a glaring hole: Silicon Valley. Just two of the 50 companies on our list are based in the Valley: Sun Micr...Mon, 19 Jul 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/07/19/263098/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/07/19/263098/index.htm"We are in a war for talent. And the only way you can meet your business imperatives is to have all people as part of your talent pool--here in the United States and around the world." That's Rich ...Mon, 19 Jul 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/02/15/254924/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/02/15/254924/index.htmOne year ago, Jesse Jackson shut down the New York Stock Exchange. It was part of his latest venture, the Wall Street Project, a campaign run by Jackson's Rainbow/Push Coalition to encourage minori...Mon, 15 Feb 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/08/03/246317/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/08/03/246317/index.htmIf the Asian, black, and Hispanic CEOs of the FORTUNE 1,000 all got together, they would barely fill a small conference room. Yes, our survey indicates that many companies are including more minori...Mon, 03 Aug 1998 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/07/06/244785/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/07/06/244785/index.htmFlorida A&M's class of '98 is a vivid example of how young black talent is flooding the corporate pipeline: They're optimistic, yet extremely cautious. But what do African Americans already in the ...Mon, 06 Jul 1998 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/02/16/237692/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/02/16/237692/index.htmDear Reverend Jackson: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/10/30/207202/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1995/10/30/207202/index.htmWith the 1996 presidential election season at hand, prognosticators will soon be barraging us with leading indicators that purport to shed light on the eventual results. Here's one most of them ove...Mon, 30 Oct 1995 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/12/28/77287/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/12/28/77287/index.htmIt was another bad year for media folks engaged in the unending game -- at least, nobody knows how to stop it -- of trying to figure out which labels are currently considered socially acceptable by...Mon, 28 Dec 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/05/06/74992/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/05/06/74992/index.htmQ: What's the quickest way to get rid of Saddam Hussein? A: Give him the Democratic presidential nomination. The Washington joke highlights the Democrats' dilemma: Hardly anyone of any political st...Mon, 06 May 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/03/26/73225/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/03/26/73225/index.htmWhenever groups of people take it upon themselves to make race important, the search for power is behind that. This is the real problem. White slave traders made race important -- made whites super...Mon, 26 Mar 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/01/01/72919/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/01/01/72919/index.htmA specter haunting American politics, or at least spooking a few pols we know about, is the gathering push for statehood for Washington, D.C. You will be hearing a lot about the statehood issue in ...Mon, 01 Jan 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/10/23/72603/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/10/23/72603/index.htmDid you know that Carl Icahn can act? So can Drexel Burnham Lambert CEO Fred Joseph. Both wowed the crowd during a so-called simulation of a corporate takeover staged recently at New York City's Wa...Mon, 23 Oct 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/05/22/72028/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/05/22/72028/index.htmWhen he was introduced at the National Conference of Black Mayors in Oakland, California, last month, Michael Milken got a standing ovation. In June, 100 Black Men, an influential association of bu...Mon, 22 May 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/10/24/71135/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/10/24/71135/index.htm''Stop eating the grapes!'' The Rev. Jesse Jackson bellowed the demand to a hapless television producer, who had innocently placed a grape in her mouth, aboard his sleek Gulf Stream G-2 jet. Other ...Mon, 24 Oct 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/26/71043/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/26/71043/index.htmWe turn now to a fascinating and strangely unanalyzed moment in recent history. It is Wednesday, August 17. President Zia of Pakistan has just died in a plane crash. Senator Quayle of Indiana has b...Mon, 26 Sep 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/26/71042/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/26/71042/index.htmOne of the strangest political movements of modern times seems to be running out of steam. The movement, which successfully defied the laws of logic until quite recently, was directed against insur...Mon, 26 Sep 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/26/71041/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/26/71041/index.htmIn late 1984, Gwen Hemphill . . . and her husband Larry . . . fell three months behind on mortgage payments for their $200,000 house in Northwest Washington . . . The city's emergency assistance pr...Mon, 26 Sep 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/26/71044/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/26/71044/index.htmI was very disturbed by the ''Marvin'' comic . . . which showed Marvin asking another baby, ''Molly, do you have a working mother . . . or a full-time lackey?'' . . . I resent the term ''lackey,'' ...Mon, 26 Sep 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/26/71045/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/09/26/71045/index.htmYou wouldn't ordinarily expect a mere book to affect the law of the land, and you doubtless wouldn't expect a book called Heavy Drinking to deviate from that rule. You could be wrong. The volume in...Mon, 26 Sep 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/08/29/70923/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/08/29/70923/index.htmGreed is on the march again. No -- strike that. Blathering about greed is on the march. The blather seemed for a while to be focused on insider trading, but the jurisdiction now seems to be expandi...Mon, 29 Aug 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/06/06/70605/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/06/06/70605/index.htmIn the emerging folklore of corporate leadership, larger-than-life characters transform or save major American companies single-handedly. The current literature is rife with references to such figu...Mon, 06 Jun 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/05/23/70593/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/05/23/70593/index.htmThough chances are now slim that Jesse Jackson will win the Democratic presidential nomination, he will have a big voice in shaping the actions of any Democratic President. Says he: ''I'll seek to ...Mon, 23 May 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/04/25/70452/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/04/25/70452/index.htmNow that Taking Jackson Seriously has been declared the main media event of the fortnight, let us sidle up to a quite serious problem about this man. It is a problem that hardly ever gets alluded t...Mon, 25 Apr 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/04/11/70405/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/04/11/70405/index.htmTHE ECONOMIC AGENDA of the Democratic Party's presidential nominee is becoming clear. Quick, you say, forget the agenda, what's his name? Sorry, that's still a mystery after 18 primaries. But a clo...Mon, 11 Apr 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/03/14/70305/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/03/14/70305/index.htmTO HEAR THEM tell it, presidential candidates high-tailing out of snowy New England for Super Tuesday's Southern primaries expect nothing but sunshine and success. It's going to be a little more co...Mon, 14 Mar 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/02/15/70181/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/02/15/70181/index.htmThe firing of Jimmy (''the Greek'') Snyder by CBS Sports has to be rated one of the more bizarre if not surreal stories of this young year, and yet its meaning is all too clear. It means that the s...Mon, 15 Feb 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/12/21/69991/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/12/21/69991/index.htmIT'S 8 O'CLOCK on a Wednesday evening and 45 guests have gathered at Geraldine Robertson's waterfront home on St. Simon's Island off Georgia. Dessert is done, and Robertson, who recently gave up th...Mon, 21 Dec 1987 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/12/07/69932/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/12/07/69932/index.htmTHE FINANCIAL markets tremble. The dollar glides down, or perhaps begins a dangerous free fall. The world has an urgent question: Is anyone in charge in the White House? Almost as urgent: Who will ...Mon, 07 Dec 1987 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/09/14/69527/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/09/14/69527/index.htmAt 16, Reginald Lewis wanted a pair of loafers his mother felt were too expensive. ''Mother,'' he argued, ''they are worth every penny I'm going to pay for them.'' The shoes lasted Lewis through hi...Mon, 14 Sep 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/08/17/69415/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/08/17/69415/index.htmIn which your correspondent, egged on by hardly anybody, resumes his still unexplained habit of windily propounding questions guaranteed to remain unanswered. -- How could the mighty American media...Mon, 17 Aug 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/06/08/69117/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/06/08/69117/index.htmEVEN BEFORE Miami model Donna Rice -- and how she spent the night of May 1 -- made headlines, Gary Hart's presidential campaign was in trouble. Though he led the Democratic polls, Hart lagged behin...Mon, 08 Jun 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/12/09/66707/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/12/09/66707/index.htmHey, whatever happened to the Rainbow Coalition? Yes, yes, we know that Jesse Jackson never got anyplace trying to sell the coalition in 1984, but the idea behind his pitch -- that minorities natur...Mon, 09 Dec 1985 05:01:00 EST