Rev. Jesse Jackson with NOW members at the March on Washington for Affirmative Action, 2000.
Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr., civil rights leader, Baptist minister, and two-time presidential candidate, has died at 84. For more than five decades, Jackson stood at the forefront of movements for racial justice, voting rights, economic equity, and affirmative action, shaping national conversations about democracy and inclusion.
80% of Maternal deaths are unnecessary. We can’t accept Florida’s maternal death rate.
By Debbie Deland
Florida has been facing a maternal health crisis marked by rising mortality rates, deep racial disparities, and shrinking access to maternity care. As hospitals close obstetric units and OB‑GYN shortages worsen, doulas and midwives have emerged as essential, evidence-supported solutions that improve outcomes, expand access, and provide culturally grounded care.
The national NOW’s current stance reinforces a carceral approach to sex work that treats consensual adult sex work as inherently wrong, while hiding behind ‘safety’ language that functions as a moral judgment in disguise. Liberation requires trusting sex workers to define their own lives and safety. This includes respecting bodily autonomy, rejecting stigma, and violence against sex workers. In addition to refusing frameworks, often driven by white liberal women, that police and steal sex workers’ agency under the guise of protection.