Angelique Francis has a message for those who contend that Ottawa Bluesfest abandoned its roots as a blues festival long ago: ...

Not just a civil rights giant but a hometown hero, Jackson inspired thousands of Chicagoans to line up in the cold to pay their respects. Here's what they had to say.

The reverberations of a split from the ADC influenced by a disagreement over Jackson's endorsement are still felt today.

Flanked by family members, Rev. Jesse Jackson’s children, (from left) Jesse Jackson Jr., U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson, Ashley Jackson, Yusef DuBois Jackson (holding tissue) and Santita Jackson, look on ...

Columnist Carl Snowden shares the Caucus of African American Leaders’ plans to honor Jesse Jackson in Annapolis.

This is an opinion column. It was two decades beyond the seminal protests, marches, attacks and sacrifices that secured ...

Thousands of Arkansans cast their ballots Tuesday in the primary and nonpartisan judicial elections. The Arkansas Advocate is ...

Federal prosecutors said they plan to narrow conspiracy allegations and review “newly unearthed” evidence in the politically charged “Broadview Six” case accusing a group of Democrats and other ...

Wiley Nickel won the DA race, candidates for Raleigh City Council, Wake Board of Commissioners, and N.C. House District 37 advanced to the general.

The Arkansas Advocate staff continually updated primary election news through Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Here are their latest ...

Ealing Studios & Obi-Wan Kenobi. Freeline Media critic Mike Fried reviews some classics by the U.K's Ealing Studios.

Jean E. Snyder's book, Harry T. Burleigh, From the Spiritual to the Harlem Renaissance, is considered the defining biography of his life in Erie and his storied career. It is in the Heritage Room at ...