The civil rights leader had suffered from a stomach ailment

The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been released from a Chicago hospital, two days after being admitted for severe stomach pains. The 66-year-old civil rights leader checked into Northwestern Memorial Hospital last Wednesday and was treated for viral gastroenteritis, inflammation of the stomach and intestines, and dehydration, according to the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the organization Jackson founded. He fell ill after returning from voter registration events in Ohio and Georgia, a news release said. “I have high regard for these doctors,” Jackson told the Chicago Tribune from his hospital bed Thursday. Jackson is now back on his regular schedule, a Rainbow/PUSH spokeswoman said.

The university president nixes giving the controversial pastor an honorary degree.

 Several Black alums of Northwestern University are heated because of the campus’ decision to yank back an honorary doctorate it was to confer to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright next week. The university’s announcement has caused such an uproar that a petition has been started demanding that the degree be reinstated.