Bloomberg spends big bucks on race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - Mayor Bloomberg has been a passionate voice for stricter gun laws for years and especially in the wake of the mass shootings in Aurora, Colorado and Newtown, Connecticut...
Race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. enters home stretch
theGRIO REPORT - By the end of the day Tuesday, there will finally be a winner to one of the most contentious Congressional races happening in the country...
Farrakhan focuses on economics in Chicago speech
CHICAGO (AP) - Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday called on blacks nationwide to curb economic disparities by cutting back on excessive spending...
Chicago district disappointed in Jesse Jackson Jr.
CHICAGO (AP) - Residents in this swath of sprawling Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs have brimmed with loyalty to Jesse Jackson Jr. over the past 17 years, giving him an enthusiastic majority each election...
Where does Jesse Jackson's family go from here?
OPINION - Are we witnessing the end of the Jackson dynasty? Where does this once beloved political family go from here?...
Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty to conspiracy charge
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife are to appear in federal court to answer criminal charges that they engaged in an alleged scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items...
Rev. Jesse Jackson says son under medical supervision
CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson says his former congressman son is under strict medical supervision as he struggles with bipolar disorder 'compounded by the stresses' of his legal troubles...
Hadiya's mom in pro-gun control ad
VIDEO - Cleopatra Cowley, mother of the Chicago teen shot and killed just a week after performing at President Barack Obama’s inauguration, is featured in a new public service announcement calling on Congress to reform the nation’s gun laws...
2 questioned in death of teen whose sister attended Obama speech
CHICAGO - Police are questioning two men in the murder of an 18-year-old Chicago woman who was killed Friday in a north suburb, officials said Sunday...
Toi Hutchinson exits race for Jackson's US House seat
CHICAGO (AP) - A well-known Illinois state senator dropped her bid Sunday for the U.S. House seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr., narrowing the field and consolidating key support behind another Democrat in a race where gun control has emerged as a central issue...
