Jesse Jackson on Samuel Alito, Domestic Spying and Poverty in America

Sunday marked the start of the Rainbow/Push coalition's economic summit in New York City. The four-day summit, called the Wall Street Project, has brought together African-American business executives, politicians, ministers, labor and civil rights leaders from around the country. Each day a different issue will be addressed including, increasing minority access to capital, minority participation in pension plans and building the church as a community development organization.

The opening day of the summit was focused on the Hurricane Katrina disaster. The theme was “Rebuilding After Katrina: The Right to Relocation, Reconstruction and Return. We caught up with the founder and president of the Rainbow Push Coalition, Reverend Jesse Jackson. He talked to us about a few topics including his thoughts on Supreme Court nominee, Samuel Alito.

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/09/1456221