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The Rev. Willie Barrow is the chair or the Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes. That's the group, with little fanfare, which saw Nation of Islam Minister of Protocol Claudette Marie Muhammad join its ranks last August. Since her prominent role in Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam--an organization that can rightly be referred to as a hate group--became public, four Jewish members have resigned the hate crimes panel. This morning, the Reverend Willie Barrow, the chair of the commission, spoke publicly for the first time on what is the top news story in the Land of Lincoln. In a CBS...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2006 Contact: Jill Farrell of Judicial Watch, 202-646-5188 Jesse Jackson to Face Civil Trial on January 17 for Assault and Civil Rights Violations Judicial Watch represents Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson in claims against Jackson (Washington, DC, Los Angeles, CA) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes corruption, today announced it has received confirmation from the Los Angeles County Superior Court that Jesse Lee Peterson, et al., v. Jesse Jackson, et al. (BC 266505) will go to trial as scheduled on January 17, 2006. Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit against Jackson, his son...

The NEA gave $65 million in its members' dues to left-liberal groups last year. If we told you that an organization gave away more than $65 million last year to Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, Amnesty International, AIDS Walk Washington and dozens of other such advocacy groups, you'd probably assume we were describing a liberal philanthropy. In fact, those expenditures have all turned up on the financial disclosure report of the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers union. Under new federal rules pushed through by Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, large unions...

Court Rules Jesse Jackson Must Face Civil Trial for Assault and Civil Rights Violations Judicial Watch represents Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson in claims against Jackson (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes corruption, today announced that on January 17, 2006, Jesse Lee Peterson, et al., v. Jesse Jackson, et al. (BC 266505) will go to trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court after a ruling last week by Judge George H. Wu. Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit against Jackson, his son Jonathan, and others on behalf of Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, who was the victim...

...Since... spring 2004, the company has spent more than $4 million to hire some of the nation's premier lobbyists to counter a savvy campaign conducted by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, a team of longtime Clinton strategists hired by the media conglomerate, and a coalition of black and Hispanic community leaders. Before 2004, Nielsen had not spent a dime on lobbying. Nielsen has also sprinkled more than $200,000 among minority organizations.... The technology, called local people meters, replaced set-top boxes and paper diaries, and offered advertisers and TV networks something they had never had before: detailed local demographic data every day...

Liberal groups moved immediately Tuesday night to portray President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, John Roberts Jr., as a divisive choice whose past advocacy for limitations on individual rights demanded a thorough examination of his judicial record and legal philosophy. Some liberal advocates called for an all-out war to stop the nomination, while others offered a more measured initial response. Jesse Jackson, president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, said confirmation of Roberts would set "the court back half a century. . . . He will roll back workers' rights, women's rights and civil rights." Shortly after Bush made his announcement, the abortion...

Washington, DC - Democratic Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today announcing the launch of his new website - A Word to the Faithful: ”As Democratic Leader, I’ve made outreach to the faith community a top priority and have had the great privilege of meeting with leaders of many faiths. I’ve talked with Protestant ministers about the immorality of a budget that cuts programs for the neediest among us while rewarding those with the most. I’ve discussed immigration and poverty with Catholic Bishops, and I’ve met with Jewish leaders to discuss ways we can help hardworking families across this...

Toyota Says it Didn’t Know Farrakhan Would Speak at Chicago Event But Does Not Repudiate Nation of Islam Leader Date: July 18, 2005 Contact: Peter Flaherty 703-237-1970 Website: www.nlpc.org Peter Flaherty, President of the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), today criticized Toyota’s claim that it did not know that Louis Farrakhan would be present and speak at a June 16 luncheon at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund annual conference that took place in Chicago. According to the official conference program, Toyota sponsored the luncheon and was a “Platinum” ($100,000) sponsor of the conference. On July 13, Flaherty...

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean paid homage to the House of Jackson on Sunday, making not one but TWO visits to friendly audiences at the Rainbow/PUSH headquarters, trying to tone down the rhetoric that has landed him in so much hot water lately. Dean's newfound message discipline did not preclude a personal snipe at his counterpart, Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman. More on that in a few paragraphs, including the insult Vice President Dick Cheney lobbed at Dean -- suggesting only his mother loved him. Why a vice president would throw out juvenile taunts that are so beneath...

Toned-down Dean finds friendly audience at PUSH June 13, 2005 BY LYNN SWEET WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean paid homage to the House of Jackson on Sunday, making not one but TWO visits to friendly audiences at the Rainbow/PUSH headquarters, trying to tone down the rhetoric that has landed him in so much hot water lately. Dean's newfound message discipline did not preclude a personal snipe at his counterpart, Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman. More on that in a few paragraphs, including the insult Vice President Dick Cheney lobbed at Dean -- suggesting only his...

Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. is making a political power play in his fight to get a new airport for Peotone. Jackson says if Mayor Daley will back the Peotone plan he may not run against Daley in the race for mayor. Congressman Jackson is in the mayor's face every time another City Hall corruption scandal breaks, and Jackson is definitely considering a challenge to Daley in 2007. But Jackson says his top priority is to get a new airport built near south suburban Peotone, and he considers Daley an impediment. So, the congressman is offering the mayor a strategy...

Rev. Jesse Jackson said Tuesday afternoon that he has persuaded two Florida state senators to change their votes on a bill to save Terri Schiavo, leaving the measure just one vote shy of the majority necessary for passage. "Two of them have committed to meeting with Gov. Jeb Bush. They say that they're flexible if they can find acceptable emergency language," Jackson told ABC Radio host Sean Hannity. Targeting members of the state senate's black caucus in a bid to save Schiavo, Jackson explained: "While we didn't have the specific language today, if I could just get them to shift...

- CHICAGO -- Congressman Jesse Jackson Junior says if a massive voter registration drive worked for Harold Washington in his 1983 run for mayor, it can work in 2006 and beyond for the Democrats. Jackson Jr. and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition will work to register new voters. But Jackson won't say if it is a prelude to a run for mayor of Chicago. Jackson (D-Ill.) stressed that his goal was to help all Democrats. Nonetheless, he announced the registration drive moments after drawing comparisons between today's political landscape and the landscape in 1983, when Harold Washington was first elected mayor of...

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. reiterated Saturday he has no desire to run against Mayor Daley in 2006 (my note, the next mayoral election is in 2007) but didn't rule out the possibility in the future. "I have no plans to run for mayor. I only have plans to run for Congress again in 2006," Jackson said in a speech at the Rainbow/PUSH headquarters focusing on the legacy of the late Mayor Harold Washington. Afterward, Jackson said, "I have not authorized any voter registration drives in my name. I have not set up any exploratory committees. . . .so you'll...

            United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT       Argued December 2, 2004                   Decided February 4, 2005     No. 01-1072   RAINBOW/PUSH COALITION, APPELLANT     v.   FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, APPELLEE   CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, INTERVENOR       No. 04-1084   RAINBOW/PUSH COALITION, APPELLANT     v.   FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, APPELLEE   CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, INTERVENOR             2   Appeals of Orders of the Federal Communications Commission       William L. Lowery...

NEW YORK A syndicated newspaper column by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, which slammed Ohio's handling of the recent presidential election, is being accused of "blatant inaccuracies" by the Ohio Secretary of State's office. Carlo Lo Paro, press secretary for Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, claims that Jackson's column, distributed earlier this week through Tribune Media Services, contains numerous inaccuracies that hint at improper behavior by Blackwell's office. "We expect someone writing an op-ed and a syndicate distributing that op-ed would fact-check information and have a responsibility to the facts," Lo Paro told E&P Wednesday. "We believe someone can have...

Ohio — Today, attorneys representing the Kerry-Edwards campaign filed papers in Delaware County, Ohio to intervene in legal proceedings in defense of Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb, Libertarian Michael Badnarik and their legal counsel, the National Voting Rights Institute, who are seeking a recount of all votes cast for president in the Ohio 2004 general election.

COUNTRY CLUB HILLS (CBS 2) A family in the south suburbs has 17 children at home and is still waiting for help that was promised almost a year ago. Now time is running out. The Lemons could be homeless within weeks, and to make matters even worse, the dad just lost his job. The Lemons gained national attention just before last Christmas. A sister's dying wish led to two family's becoming one. Now the family's breadwinner just lost his job, and they are forced to move from their rented home in Country Club Hills. Many offers for help have gone...

November 5, 2004 — A rare political summit took place this morning on a Chicago radio station. Reverend Jesse Jackson and Minister Louis Farrakhan were on the air discussing what African Americans can expect the next four years. It was the first time the two prominent black leaders had appeared on the same, live radio program on Chicago's WVON. The show was picked up by fifty other stations around the country and streamed on the internet. Both men agreed that after the Kerry loss, there is a greater than ever need for African-American unity. "All of us need to come...

Lawyers from around the nation gathered in Chicago on Saturday to gear up for attempts to suppress minority voter turnout during the Nov. 2 presidential election. At Rainbow/PUSH Coalition headquarters on the South Side, voter advocacy groups -- including the League of Women Voters and the National Bar Association -- stressed at a news conference that voters must know their rights. The strategy session was called to mobilize poll-watcher teams in key states for the showdown between Republican President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts. While much of that effort will send attorneys to observe voting in swing...