10 things you need to know today: March 9, 2020

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1. Jesse Jackson endorses Bernie Sanders

The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Sunday endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for the Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders, whose campaign hopes the civil rights leader's backing will help shore up the candidate's appeal to African-American voters, praised Jackson, saying it was "the honor of my life to be supported by a man who has put his life on the line for the last 50 years fighting for justice." The endorsement came after Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who dropped out of the presidential race in December, became the latest in a string of former moderate presidential candidates to back Sanders' rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. Jackson said African Americans are "socially and economically" behind, and they "cannot catch up choosing the most moderate path."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.