December 11, 2024 Full Episode — Black Voices
Jesse Jackson Jr., son of civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., served in Congress for 17 years until he resigned in 2012 amid a criminal investigation. Jackson Jr. was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to defraud his reelection campaign of $750,000 over a span of 10 years. That was over a decade ago.
While he’s mostly been out of the spotlight since then, Jackson Jr. is back and drawing attention to President Joe Biden’s recent pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, who was convicted of three gun-related felonies over the summer. Jackson Jr. is advocating for the same forgiveness for himself and others whose futures have been stunted because of a criminal past.
And the Red Line extension project begins in 2025. We look at residents’ hopes and concerns for the Far South Side of Chicago.
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