The Jesse Jackson Jr. Show

Gina A. Towns joins Jesse Jr after a week of discussions to explore the idea of America, the framers of the Constitution, such as Franklin and Adams, and in particular, the influence of Thomas Paine, who spoke out against slavery. Will people speak out on the injustices of today? Will history remember those who do and don’t? Is it fair to group the members of one race in to one voice? Is it worth it?

DR JOHNNY MACK TALKS WITH JESSE JR ABOUT OUR "CLINGING ON" TO THE AGE OF AN ITSY BITSY STRING OF EXISTENCE, AND WE DO EVERYTHING TO HOLD ON...THE STRUGGLE FROM WEEK TO WEEK PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK IS INDEED OF RESTRUCTURE ..THE PROCESS. THIS IS WHAT KING ARGUES. THIS MAKES DR. KING RELEVANT THEN AND NOW. AND WITHOUT FLICKING A COIN TO A "BEGGAR" WE FALL FAR SHORT AND INDEED DO NOT PRACTICE A TRUE DEMOCRACY...DEMOCRACY FAILS BECAUSE IT IS AN ART, NOT A SCIENCE. THE SELECT GROUP LEADING DEMOCRACY EVENTUALLY ABDICATE THE TENANTS OF WHAT DEMOCRACY SAYS IT SHOULD DO AS A RESULT OF WHO WE SHOULD BE. EVILS THAT DENY THE DIGNITY TO ALL PEOPLE...TO BE INCLUSIVE OF FREEDOM AND HUMAN DIGNITY TO RECOGNIZE THEIR FULL VALUE, CREATING SOLIDARITY OR COMMUNITY...A WORLD HOUSE

DR. AZZA KARAM DISCUSSES HER OP-ED, "THE FULL STORY OF THE FAILURE OF THE PROJECT TO SPREAD DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD" WITH JESSE JR AND HER OTHER HALF, DR. PL DE sILVA THIS IS THE ARROGANCE THAT GROUPS AROUND THE WORLD RESENT. "WE ARE AMERICANS" INHERENTLY MEANS THAT WE ARE "RIGHT" OR "BETTER" AND IN THAT, COULD NEVER LIVE OUT OUR PURPOSE AND MISSION...BECAUSE...IT IS ALSO HUNG WITH CAPITALISM AND A QUEST FOR WORLD MILITARY DOMINANCE. AND, THAT DOMINANCE WORKS AS A THREAT FOR THE PURPOSE TO BOW TO US...TO DO WHAT WE WILL WITH RESOURCES, PLACE FOR MILITARY BASES..

Rev. Dr. Todd S. Yeary Esq joins Jesse Jr for "The Politics of Our Faith." and Rev. Dr. Attorney Yeary is just the right voice to join in the big picture of what today’s news means for our faith and future.

Jesse Jackson Jr welcomes "Conversations with Atiba on health care that Americans cannot afford versus the military budget that just won’t stop.

"On the Grind" with the tenacious leadership of Attorney and Transformative Justice Coalition Founder and President, Barbara Arnwine Esq, who keeps us abreast and ready for action each Tenacious Tuesday in the second hour. Jesse Jr queries Barbara about the book she's currently reading on Chief Justice Roberts, the December 14th Report from Black Votes Matter and the expected number of seats in jeopardy in states, and in Congress, as a result of the upcoming Supreme Court Decision on the Voting Rights Act.

Policy Expert and Justice Advocate, Liz King returns to a 1st & 3rd of the month slot on The Jesse Jackson Jr Show for the "Lighting It Up" series as she and Jesse Jr assess the Susie Wiles interview in Vanity Fair Magazine that revealed some fairly scathing observations and opinions from the WH Chief of Staff. In an overall assessment of what it will take moving forward, the tenacious duo pinpointed that people are abdicating from their responsibility of checks and balances …we have been told the new order of things, and we now need an ambitious agenda …do big things - the issue of housing, medicine, employment and more demand a committed agenda and fight toward equal opportunities for all which makes America better in every way.

Veteran radio host, RamonSki Luv joins Jesse Jr and Gina A.Towns for a celebration of a career that has spanned over 30 years, inspiring and ministering to people through the airwaves. Jesse Jr, and the musical two, reflect on being a source to encourage people from a place where you have to first, encouraged yourself. With a shout out to KBLA’s, Tavis Smiley, the three set the weekend off with much life, light and love.

In an expanded coverage of a conference that took place earlier in the day entitled, “The Global Anti-Black Agenda of White Christian Nationalism - "Re-segregating America; Recolonizing Africa" - a VIRTUAL TOWN HALL FROM CAPE TOWN TO CHICAGO FROM ABIDJAN TO ATLANTA FROM NAIROBI TO NEW YORK - Bishop Joseph Tolton and Bishop, OC Smith join Jesse Jr and Gina A. Towns on “Reflectivity,” as they review and reflect on the attendees, sessions and conclusions resulting from the day’s mission, goals, and purpose. As leaders from throughout the African diaspora come together, in a common unity worldwide, The options to have a mutual support for civil rights throughout the diaspora was the call of the day.

It’s "Worldwide" with PL De Silva PhD and special guest, Shiva Ayyadurai PhD, inventor of the email and healthcare expert. This jaw-dropping discussion on the policies and news around the world that impacts us every daily, laid our healthcare system, bare and naked from pharmaceuticals to the institution itself, which allows for congressional-sanctioned kickbacks. What is the fix for that? And what will “we” have to do in order to fix it? In the second hour, Dr. Johnny Mack and Jesse Jr continue their look through the lens of Dr. Martin Luther King upon our people, our country, the world and the humanity that lives in "The World House." Today’s reflection piggybacked on the first hour’s discussion during “Worldwide” on the healthcare system - what Dr. King would say about our national budget and its distribution, and the neglect of the human right to be healthy, and why won’t “we the people” demand more…unless “we” just don’t know better or can’t see past capitalism’s lure.

The discussion on The Donald’s presidential antics and what “proximity” to him can mean and yield, domestically and internationally, continues.

When it comes to The Donald, hardly no one on earth knows him better than Michael Cohen. From the effects of the Big Ugly to the Venezuelan boats to the open grifting going on across the White House cabinet landscape, Jesse Jr leads the conversation with John Digles and John Lesiotis as Michael hits each ball pitched across the catcher’s mound. This conversation, both funny and true, is a grand slam.

Rev. Dr. Eric, Michael Dyson joins Jesse Jr and weekly host, Barbara Arnwine, Esq. What an exchange took place on what we can do right now! When determining the factor of exercising the mind…make it up to do it. Our body…to get up and do it. Our faith…knowing that is within our power. It is in our right to Vote, that our best exercise toward justice for all. America will not take this lying down, and each one of us will realize the Rosa Parks inside.”

Rev. Dr. Michael Eric Dyson joinsJesse Jr and contributor, John Lesiotis in a discussion about conscience - Some Republican senators are questioning the legality or criminality of the new department head of war, formally known as the department of defense. No one wants to accept responsibility for lawlessness in the waterways of our world. At the show close, Dyson ranks Reverend Jackson in the top three of all black leaders in the history of this country in a heartfelt tribute to the mind, will, and commitment that has driven Jesse Sr to run, sacrifice, and to give of his whole heart and soul in the fight for America. This is one to watch.

Celebrated theologian and professor, Dr. Obery Hendricks Jr joins Jesse Jr to discuss the positioning and righteousness of leaders in the church as compared to the leaders that Jesus addressed in this hour. After a sober reminiscing over what Rev. Jesse Jackson would do, the conclusion is that there is always welcome room for the leadership of the “just”…none quite like the revolutionary Jesus…but he is, indeed, the standard of justice. No fancy, high-falutin - just us.

Ernest Crim III Join Jesse Jackson Jr as he launches his second year at KBLA. Today also is the anniversary of the Birmingham bus boycott. As they took notes and compared, we find ourselves in a boycott once again. Justice knows no limits and no end. For Justice, there is always a fight.

Atiba, John Digles and Gina A. Towns join Jesse Jr, leading the national conversation on those who need care and the family caregivers who sacrifice to take care of them as they enter the last stages of life. The rescue and fix of America’s health care system must include this consideration for family care and compensation.

from the Amerca’s organized founding, and then there’s the history of Thanksgiving when Europeans initially arrived almost 300 years before Lincoln offered The Thanksgiving Proclamation, FDR changed the date and Congress did its job in declaring the official celebration of Thanksgiving. For a nation still struggling to find its truest self, we must find gratitude, even when the days get tough.

Rev Terri Hord Owens offers her take on the call for the church to intervene in social justice issues such as health care, with a segue into the justice where things have every potential to be unjust.

Anthony Millian joins Jesse Jr in an analysis of the outrageous declassification of several professional degree pursuits that cause further harm to America’s health.