Rev. Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized after being diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disease. Jackson, 84, was hospitalized in Chicago on Wednesday, November 12, and is "under observation" for symptoms of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), said the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the social change nonprofit organization founded by the civil rights activist. "The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. was admitted to the hospital today and is currently under observation for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)," the organization said in a statement.