{"id":2510108,"date":"2025-11-13T09:35:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jesse-jackson-hospitalized-with-neurodegenerative-condition\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T09:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T14:36:07","slug":"jesse-jackson-hospitalized-with-neurodegenerative-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jesse-jackson-hospitalized-with-neurodegenerative-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Jackson hospitalized with neurodegenerative condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjesse-jackson-hospitalized-with-neurodegenerative-condition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2510108&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rev. Jesse Jackson,a prominent civil Rights leader and left-wing activist aged 84,has been hospitalized due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jennifer-wexton-will-not-seek-reelection-due-to-new-diagnosis\/\" title=\"Rep. Jennifer Wexton won&#039;t run again after new diagnosis.\">progressive supranuclear palsy<\/a> (PSP),a rare and severe neurodegenerative disorder. Jackson has battled this condition for over a decade, with his diagnosis confirmed in April after initially being thought to have Parkinson&#8217;s disease. PSP causes symptoms such as balance problems, difficulty moving the eyes, slurred speech, walking challenges, and trouble swallowing. Jackson, who founded the rainbow PUSH Coalition in 1971 and stepped down as its leader in 2023, remains an influential political figure. He recently attended the 2023 democratic national Convention, expressing that the event symbolized the fulfillment of his vision for racial unity through his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karen-bass-the-men-killed-by-rittenhouse-akin-to-civil-rights-workers\/\" title=\"Karen Bass: The Men Killed by Rittenhouse Akin to Civil Rights Workers\">civil rights work<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Left-wing activist Jesse Jackson hospitalized with progressive supranuclear palsy<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1625827\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rev. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jesse-jackson\">Jesse Jackson<\/a>, a Civil Rights activist recognized as a leader on the Left, was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hospitals\/\">hospitalized <\/a>this week with a neurodegenerative condition.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson, 84, was admitted to a local hospital, where he is under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy, a condition he has faced for over a decade, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition announced Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3885622\/elon-musk-support-byron-donalds-florida-governor\/\">Elon Musk throws &lsquo;full support&rsquo; behind Trump-endorsed Byron Donalds for Florida governor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3885063\/shutdown-defeat-could-deepen-democratic-divide-maine-senate-primary\/\">Shutdown defeat could deepen Democratic divides in bitter Maine Senate primary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3885229\/ossoff-pressures-gop-rivals-epstein-files-escalating-2026-georgia-fight\/\">Ossoff pressures GOP rivals on Epstein files in escalating 2026 Georgia fight<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Jackson founded the left-wing social justice coalition in 1971. He stepped down as the Chicago civil rights organization&rsquo;s leader in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The activist&rsquo;s PSP condition was confirmed in April, after he was initially diagnosed with Parkinson&rsquo;s disease, according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>PSP is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celine-dion-reveals-heartbreaking-news-about-her-health\/\" title=\"Celine Dion ...eals Heartbreaking News About Her Health\">rare neurological disorder<\/a> that resembles Parkinson&rsquo;s but often has more accelerated symptoms and a severe prognosis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >rare brain disease include trouble balancing<\/a>, inability to aim the eyes, slurred speech, trouble walking, and difficulty swallowing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jackson&rsquo;s voice has remained a force in politics in recent years, and he attended the Democratic National Convention<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3126862\/top-five-takeaways-dnc-day-one\/\"> last year <\/a>to support then-Vice President Kamala Harris in her race for the presidency.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3879836\/air-traffic-controllers-warn-flight-cuts-wont-ease-strain-risk-government-shutdown\/\"><strong>AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS WARN FLIGHT CUTS WON&rsquo;T EASE SHUTDOWN STRAIN OR PREVENT RISK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the moment, the aging Jackson later said he viewed it as a &ldquo;fulfillment&rdquo; of the civil rights group he founded decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I saw the fulfillment of the Rainbow: Red, Yellow, Black, and White,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtoninformer.com\/democratic-national-convention-jesse-jackson\/\">he told<\/a> the <em>Washington Informer<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesse Jackson hospitalized with progressive supranuclear palsy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2510109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jesse-Jackson-DNC.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36377,50426,67018,67019],"class_list":["post-2510108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-health-news","tag-hospitalization-2","tag-jesse-jackson","tag-neurodegenerative-condition"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Jesse-Jackson-DNC.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2510108"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510112,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510108\/revisions\/2510112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2510109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2510108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2510108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2510108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}