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  • Published on Mar 4, 2026

    Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for March 2026

    March is here, and it’s a BIG month for queer books, with new releases spanning genres, subjects, and styles. Undoubtedly one of the most exciting releases of this month is Whidbey, T Kira Māhealani Madden’s debut novel. We’re biiiiig Madden Heads here at …

    Source: Autostraddle - Left-wing
  • Published on Feb 27, 2026

    Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Champion, Dies at 84

    This story was published in the Hyde Park Herald. Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the impassioned voice of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and dispossessed, a two-time presidential candidate and a civil rights icon who rose to become one of the country’s most …

    Source: South Side Weekly - Illinois - Pending
  • Published on Mar 3, 2026

    Chicago Pride Parade announces ‘Free to Be Proud’ theme and community grand marshals

    Organizers of the 55th annual Chicago Pride Parade announced this year’s theme, “Free to Be Proud,” and named Windy City Times owner and cofounder Tracy Baim among the 2026 community grand marshals. Baim will serve alongside fellow community grand marshals …

    Source: Windy City Times - Illinois - Pending
  • Published on Mar 3, 2026

    Chicago Pride Parade announces "Free to Be Proud" as theme for 2026

    The Chicago Pride Parade announced its grand marshals and theme for 2026 on Tuesday. The theme is "Free to Be Proud," which organizes said reclaims the founding purpose of the event — that the freedom to live openly and safely is not guaranteed …

    Source: CBS 2 Chicago - Illinois - Pending
  • Published on Feb 25, 2026

    Letter to the Editor | Your activism depends on their rights too

    University administrators shouldn’t be in the business of “reviewing” student politics. But that’s the direction the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign appeared to take after the Illini Republicans, a registered student organization, posted a graphic …

    Source: The Daily Illini - Illinois - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 3, 2026

    Rev. Jesse Jackson offered powerful support to Asian Americans

    When harassment and violence against Asian Americans surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rev. Jesse Jackson condemned the heinous acts early on. He was outspoken at a time when many people didn’t realize or believe that anti-Asian racism was real or …

    Source: Chicago Sun Times - Illinois - Center-left
  • Published on Mar 4, 2026

    PRIDEChicago announces 2026 theme, names community grand marshals

    CHICAGO - PRIDEChicago has announced the theme for the 2026 Chicago Pride Parade: "Free to Be Proud," along with its 2026 Community Grand Marshals. What we know: "Free to Be Proud" will serve as the official theme of the 55th annual …

    Source: FOX 32 Chicago - Illinois - Right-wing
  • Published on Feb 28, 2026

    Pope Leo’s silence on the LGBT agenda is fueling sexual revolution in the Church

    Editor’s note: In Part 5 of his essay, Father Enoch relates more recent developments regarding the promotion of the homosexual agenda within the Church and concludes his essay. Click here for Part 1, here for Part 2, here for Part 3, and here for Part 4. …

    Source: LifeSite - Right-wing
  • Published on Feb 21, 2026

    Remembering civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr.

    The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a former presidential candidate, gives a thumbs-up and yells out for people to vote as he leaves the polls on Election Day at the Bryn Mawr Church at 7000 South Jeffery Blvd., in Chicago, on Nov. 8, 1988. (Phil Greer/Chicago …

    Source: Florida Courier - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 2, 2026

    Performative or Practicing: Are Howard Students Boycotting?

    Graphic illustration representing students navigating the decision of what restaurants to support or protest based on political affiliations. (Eva-Sychell Mitchell/The Hilltop) Jerome Simonson, a freshman political science major from Jacksonville, …

    Source: The Hilltop - Washington D.C. - Neutral
  • Published on Feb 19, 2026

    Civil Rights Icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., Passes Away at 84

    By Karen Juanita Carrillo “This story was originally published in The New York Amsterdam News.” Civil Rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., whose career took him from his early collaboration with Martin Luther King to creating the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition …

    Source: Precinct Reporter - California - Left-wing
  • Published on Feb 18, 2026

    Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon who called for marriage equality, dies

    Reverend Jesse Jackson poses for a portrait at his Operation PUSH office in August 1982 in Chicago, Illinois. (Steve Kagan/Getty Images) The Rev Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon who called for marriage equality, has died aged 84.  Jackson’s family …

    Source: Pink News - Left-wing
  • Published on Feb 17, 2026

    Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Helped Launch Progressive Movement, Dead At 84

    The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leader who bridged the era of Martin Luther King Jr. with the modern world and whose two presidential runs in the 1980s set the stage for today’s progressive movement, died early Tuesday, his family announced. He was …

    Source: HuffPost - Left-wing
  • Published on Feb 17, 2026

    Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies at 84

    The Reverend Jesse Jackson. Credit: Los Angeles Times, Seth Perlman / Associated Press Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and former presidential candidate, dies at 84. The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a civil rights icon, Baptist minister and two-time …

    Source: The News (Nigeria) - Indeterminate
  • Published on Feb 18, 2026

    Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights champion, dies at 84

    Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the impassioned voice of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and dispossessed, a two-time presidential candidate and a civil rights icon who rose to become one of the country’s most influential Black political figures, died at his …

    Source: Hyde Park Herald - Illinois - Pending
  • Published on Feb 17, 2026

    A ‘servant leader’ honored: The nation pays tribute to Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon

    WASHINGTON — Tributes poured in across the country for the revered civil rights figure the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., who died Tuesday morning at 84. The two-time Democratic presidential hopeful and Greenville, South Carolina, native died peacefully, …

    Source: North Dakota Monitor - Left-wing
  • Published on Feb 17, 2026

    US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies

    The charismatic US civil rights ​leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his …

    Source: Bangkok Post - Center-right
  • Published on Feb 17, 2026

    US Reuters Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and US presidential hopeful dies at 84, family says

    By Will Dunham Washington, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Charismatic U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic …

    Source: Yahoo News - Center-left
  • Published on Feb 17, 2026

    'A true giant': US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84

    In Brief The Jackson family released a statement saying he "died peacefully on Tuesday morning, surrounded by his family". Jackson became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination. US …

    Source: SBS - Public Broadcaster

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