Editing Rainbow/PUSH (section)

== 1990s onwards ==
Jackson moved from [[Chicago]] to [[Washington, D.C.]] to serve as [[shadow senator]] from 1991 to 1996.  When he returned to Chicago in 1996 he merged his organizations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/jesse/chronology.html|title=The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson|access-date=September 7, 2007|publisher=WGBH educational foundation|work=pbs.org}}</ref>  The merged entity advocates for African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, other minorities, and women. Its main economic goal is to have more minorities on the payrolls, in the boardrooms, and on the supplier lists of major corporations.  The industries it most aggressively pursues are the [[Financial market|financial sector]] on [[Wall Street]], the telecommunications field and [[high-tech]] firms in [[Silicon Valley]].<ref name=HB />

The Wall Street activities are organized under sub-organization "The Wall Street Project".<ref name=GCL /> The organization has been active in pursuit of increase minority representation in other industries, most notably the broadcast media, the entertainment industry, and the automobile industry. It has also sought increased representation by minority administrators in college and professional sports under the leadership of [[Jesse Jackson, Jr.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7DE133DF93AA15755C0A965958260|title= Sports people: pro basketball; Survey Shows Lack of Jobs for Blacks|access-date=May 1, 2008|date=June 29, 1993|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>  For Hispanic issues the merged entity works closely with the [[League of United Latin American Citizens]] and the [[National Council of La Raza]].<ref name=HB />

In 1998 the organization attacked [[Freddie Mac]] for its lending and employment practices, which led to its pledge to earmark $1 billion in mortgage loans specifically for minorities, to donate more than $1 million directly to Rainbow/PUSH and to become a sponsor of Jackson's annual Wall Street Project. In 2000, the organization investigated the case of Raynard Johnson, who was found hanged by a belt from a tree in front of his home in [[Kokomo, Mississippi]].<ref name=GCL /> Jackson labelled it a "lynching", although two autopsies both concluded that the death was a suicide.<ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0007/21/bp.00.html Burden of Proof: Hanging Death Mystery in Mississippi: Suicide or Murder?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829171723/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0007/21/bp.00.html |date=August 29, 2008 }}, CNN transcript, July 21, 2000</ref>

In the early 2000s (decade), Rainbow/PUSH worked with [[NASCAR]] to increase the number of minorities involved in [[auto racing]], through direct financial support and projects to find talented African-American racing drivers.<ref name=ESPN>[http://static.espn.go.com/rpm/2002/0212/1330805.html NASCAR is trying to change its image], Rupen Fofaria, [[ESPN.com]], February 12, 2002</ref> This initiative was ended in 2003, after the racing sanctioning body was criticized by conservative groups for the partnership.<ref name=USAToday>[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2003-07-28-jackson-support_x.htm NASCAR ends donations to Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH], Chris Jenkins, [[USA Today]], July 28, 2003</ref> Among the smaller campaigns it has undertaken are the HIV/AIDS Initiative for funding for [[AIDS]] programs; the National Field Department support of "constructive agitation to bring about societal change"; and the Prison Outpost project, whose ultimate goal is "to eliminate the need for prisons."

Through his organization and its predecessors Jackson has advocated [[universal health care]], a war on drugs, direct peace negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis, ending [[apartheid]] in South Africa and advancing democracy in Haiti.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalleadersevents.com/event-speakers/jesse-jackson.cfm|access-date=September 7, 2007|publisher=Global Leaders|title=Jesse Jackson|archive-date=September 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927133223/http://www.globalleadersevents.com/event-speakers/jesse-jackson.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The following is the organization's list of major issues:

* 1% Student Loans
* Jobs and Economic Empowerment
* Employee Rights and Livable Wages
* Educational Access
* Fair and Decent Housing
* Voter Registration and Civic Education
* Election Law Reform
* Fairness in the Media, Sports, and Criminal Justice System
* Political Empowerment
* Trade and Foreign Policy
* Affirmative Action and Equal Rights
* Gender Equality
* Environmental Justice

Former congressman [[Mel Reynolds]], who served a sentence in prison for sexual assault and bank fraud, was hired by Rainbow/PUSH as its resident scholar on prison reform after his release in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CSTB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB424C00812E63B&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=AA98CDC331574F0ABEAFF732B33DC0B2|title=Reynolds finds work with S. Side church|publisher=Newsbank |work= [[Chicago Sun-Times]] |author= Dodge, Susan|date =January 29, 2001}}</ref> The organization is a member of several [[anti-war]] coalitions including [[Win Without War]], [[United for Peace and Justice]], and [[After Downing Street]].

In the aftermath of [[Hurricane Dorian]], Rev. Jesse Jackson promised to raise money and collect donations for those affected. The organization set up drop-off locations in Chicago to assist with relief efforts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abc7chicago.com/5523149/|title=Chicago nonprofits, leaders offer relief to hurricane survivors in Bahamas|date=2019-09-08|website=ABC7 Chicago|language=en|access-date=2019-09-23}}</ref>

On July 16, 2023, Jackson, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2017 and was now using a wheelchair, stepped down as head of Rainbow/PUSH after leading the organization for more than five decades. He was succeeded by Dallas minister Frederick Douglass Haynes III.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/07/17/1188183475/after-more-than-five-decades-rev-jesse-jackson-steps-down-at-rainbow-push-coalit|title=After more than five decades, Rev. Jesse Jackson steps down at Rainbow-Push Coalition|publisher=NPR|date=2023-07-17|accessdate=2023-11-07}}</ref> In April 2024, Haynes resigned from Rainbow/PUSH after leading the organization for less than a year.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2024/04/17/what-to-know-about-dallas-rev-frederick-haynes-stepping-down-from-rainbow-push-coalition/|title=What to know about Dallas Rev. Frederick Haynes stepping down from Rainbow PUSH Coalition|first=Arcelia|last=Martin|publisher=Dallas Morning News|date=April 17, 2024|accessdate=July 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://religionnews.com/2024/04/17/frederick-d-haynes-resigns-abruptly-as-leader-of-rainbow-push-coalition/|title=Frederick D. Haynes resigns abruptly as leader of Rainbow PUSH Coalition|first=Adelle M.|last=Banks|publisher=Religion News Service|date=April 17, 2024|accessdate=July 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/2024/04/22/rainbow-push-frederick-haynes-successor-jesse-jackson-finances-michael-eric-dyson|title=The hard truth about Rainbow PUSH and why the Rev. Frederick Haynes III quit after 3 months|first=Michael Eric|last=Dyson|publisher=Chicago Sun Times|date=April 22, 2024|accessdate=July 25, 2024}}</ref>