The Jesse Jackson Jr. Show

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Dr. Henia Dakkak Joins Jessie to Talk about Palestine, Religion, and Faith Jan 15, 2026

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Dr Henia Dakkak stays over from the first hour to continue the longer history of Palestine and the long ordeal that is about land, faith, religion and the age old tale of love for God or money. Later, Jesse is joined by show producer and director, Gina A.Towns, and Rev, Dr Todd Yeary’s plane lands just in time for a profound word of hope that each one of us needed to hear at the midweek mark to get us over the hump.

Has the Children of The Gaza Strip been Left to Die? Jan 15, 2026

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Dr. Henia Dakkak joins Jesse Jr and Dr PL De Silva for some real talk about what’s still going on in The Gaza Strip. It’s not bombs, but the bombshell of starving, orphaned children, women dying in childbirth, disease with no health care - children not in school, no intention to help them rebuild, and people being left to die.

A Time to Break Silence Jan 14, 2026

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Activist policy, Liz King, joins Jesse Jr A conversation over the outrage that “might makes right” and the importance of knowing your rights, and the beginning of people walking away from the MAGA movement.

The Billionaire’s Choice and Back to Haiti 2010 Jan 14, 2026

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Rev. Teresa Hord Owens and Jesse Jr discuss the difference in character and in deference that billionaires can make as Bill Gates, the former spouse of Melinda Gates’ who funds her Foundation, give her another chunk of money for good use. Later, Haitian American and Red Cross volunteer, Millie Phaeton, gives a first-hand account of Haiti in 2010 and the current, continued struggle.

Putting People First & Remembering Haiti 2010 Jan 14, 2026

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Ernest Crim III and Jesse Jr conclude that there still may be some moral bones in the body of our Congress. Putting people first emerges from the inside of the body, now they will fight it out. With the anniversary of the Haiti earthquake of 2010 as a history lesson in Mr. Crime’s class, we can only hope that people remember the courage, the constant battle and the resilience of Haitians throughout the world.

Mammas of Many Movements for the Generations They Bare Jan 14, 2026

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Civic Strategies President, Diallo Brooks, joins Jessie Jr and Gina A.Towns for a discussion on the mothers who dawn movements that change trajectories…and the fear, fight and hope we take with us following their lead as we create the future in the right now. what we share with our children from history and how we encourage them to soberly move forward now matters.

The Cause and Case for Coalition Jan 14, 2026

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ICJUSTICEC President, Bishop Joseph Tolton joins Jr and Gina A. Towns with “freedom coalitions” fresh on his mind as he’s coalescing around Trump’s withdrawing of the US from 66 international organizations/treaties/agreements- the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent being one of them. Real talk…it’s the battle of a king…the wanna be kings and the times then, and now in the age of ICE, the Roman Empire and its guards.

The Decay of the House Is On Moral Grounds Jan 14, 2026

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Johnny Mack joins Jesse Jr on the weekly segment, “The World House,” where Kingian thought, philosophy, spirituality and the law meet to give us guide.” From Venezuela to Nigeria to LA and Chicago, our behavior presence of mind and heart matter in this moment.

No Matter How We Get There, We End Up in the Same Place Jan 14, 2026

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Weekly contributor, Atiba, joins Jesse Jr in discussing the Minnesota mess-ups. It seems that what would be a quiet state keeps showing up in the national spotlight, with a push toward the bend of the nation’s moral arc. In the end, we are people…human beings with the same emotions and needs, with different roads on which we got there.

This is more than you think Jan 07, 2026

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Atty Barbara Arnwine is on the grind as she ofollows up on Jesse Junior‘s conversation With his brother Johnathan, Congressman to Congressman.