In her new book, the CBS News journalist highlights women who pushed America to live up to its founding promises of liberty, equality, and the pursuit of happiness for all.

Harrowing stories continue to emerge, demonstrating how the state’s abortion ban, as currently written, needlessly puts women in danger.

I wrote a book about Jesse Jackson, and we became friends. The cynics didn’t get how he fused moral simplicity and political ...

"The court is ordering an end to the foot-dragging," Reform Movement attorneys say a decade after a deal to expand egalitarian prayer was struck.

Her role as a historic hero or villain depends on the movement in question, but looking at her as a mother and daughter adds depth to her legend ...

A lawsuit against the Trump administration claims it’s erasing history and science from America's national parks with new signage policies. Here is what the lawsuit says has been changed in recent ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil ...

Many people who knew and worked with the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. are vowing to ‘keep hope alive’ in honor of his legacy. Jackson led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades. The protege of the ...

“From Martin Luther King to Barack Obama, there’s a bridge called Jesse Jackson,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said. Jackson, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who led the Civil Rights Movement for ...

Jesse Jackson, one of the world's best-known Black activists who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of ...