Jesse Jackson Reshaped the Democratic Party
Our Back Pages / February 27, 2026 The candidate may have started as a long-shot contender, but The Nation always took him—and his impact on political history—seriously. Ad Policy Jesse Jackson, 1983. (Owen Franken / Corbis via Getty Images) In the spring of 1983, as the Democratic Party searched for a path out of the […]
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