Jackson died last week at age 84 after battling a rare neurological disorder that affected his mobility and ability to speak in his later years.

On October 8th, 1941, Jesse Jackson was born into a world where he could not walk into the same buildings as his white neighbors or check out a book at the local library. He could not go to school ...

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Freedom of speech is a bellwether: how any society tolerates those with minority, disfavored, or even obnoxious views will often speak to its performance on human rights more generally. In ...

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