Before Jackie Speier headed into the jungles of Guyana to investigate living conditions in a town created by Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones in 1978, she wrote her parents a letter that she tucked ...

At a rally in scorching Las Vegas on June 9, Donald Trump pointed out one of his followers in the crowd — a particularly fervent Trump fan nicknamed “Front-Row Joe” who’d attended over 200 such events ...

Jackie Speier was shot five times by gunman sent by the Rev. Jim Jones Janet Fries/Getty Jackie Speier had a premonition in the days leading up to an impending fact-finding mission to Jonestown, a ...

Jackie Speier, a Democrat, represented California in the U.S. House from 2008 to 2023. She is the author of “Undaunted.” Being shot is not common but, regrettably, it’s not uncommon either. Nearly 46 ...

In her memoir, Undaunted: Surviving Jonestown, Summoning Courage and Fighting Back (Little A, 2018), U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier ’72 recounts the most difficult experiences of her life. The congresswoman ...

Featured in the new doc, 'Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown,' the Democratic politician warns: "I was in the House gallery when January 6 took place. I thought, 'Oh my God, I survived the jungles of ...