Jackson pushes for voter registration

So, what is Jesse Jackson up to these days?

Name a progressive cause, and Jackson likely supports it. While his days of running for president are Iong gone, Jackson remains an influential political voice, and he plans to direct his energies toward turning out the vote in communities of color for the coming presidential election.

During an address before a packed house of over 250 at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government last week, Jackson, whose Rainbow/PUSH Coalition helped register millions of voters of color during his failed runs for president in 1984 and 1988, emphasized the need for more African Americans to participate in the political …