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MSNBC host Al Sharpton and iconic boxing promoter Don King will give away hundreds of turkeys in Harlem, Queens,  and other parts of the City on Monday. It all takes place at the National Action Network 106 West 145th Street in New York, Monday, December 19, 2011 1:00 p.m. In addition to giving away turkeys at […]

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NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK (NAN), ALONG WITH LABOR & CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS TO ATTACK JOBLESSNESS & VOTER ID LAWS THAT ARE THREATENING PEOPLE’S VOTER RIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON DECEMBER 9TH AS PART OF 25-CITY RALLY FOR JOBS & JUSTICE NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK & REV. AL SHARPTON, ALONG WITH LABOR LEADERS & COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS TO LEAD […]

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There’s an old saying that goes:  it takes a village to raise a child.  But how many of us really understand what this means?  Based on the continuing ridiculous debate over Plan B contraception and young girls, apparently not too many of us.  If we actually realized that our youth need the input and guidance […]

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On his MSNBC show, activist/Reverend Al Sharpton mocked Fox News Business host, Eric Bolling, for saying that the Muppets were anti-business and communist. Fox News had previously attacked Elmo and Sesame Street for having a liberal bias and “dumbing down African Americans.” RELATED: Sharpton Ratings Smash! MSNBC #1 Among Black Viewers Study: Watching No News […]

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After much controversy about the hiring of the Rev. Al Sharpton to fill the MSNBC time slot vacated by liberal pundit Cenk Uygur, the new TV ratings are in, and Sharpton’s show is a smash. RELATED: Why Is The Media Scared Of Rev. Al Sharpton? While MSNBC has never been able to trump the conservative […]

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The sentencing of Dr. Conrad Murray to four years in prison by no means ends the injustice suffered by Michael Jackson nor does it in any way mitigate the fact that his children have lost a father and the Jacksons have lost a son for the rest of their life. While I approve that the […]

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Rev. Al Sharpton slammed Fox News personality Bill O’Reilly earlier this week after O’Reilly wondered why Sharpton, Jackson or other Civil Rights leaders had failed to come to the defense of Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain. Last week, O’Reilly said that, had Cain been a liberal, the two men would be rushing to his defense. See […]

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Rev. Al Sharpton responded to the guilty verdict in the Dr. Conrad Murray trial yesterday saying that he believes Michael Jackson’s former doctor got off “lightly.” Sharpton, who was close with the pop legend, had mixed emotions when he heard the verdict. “I received the news of the guilty verdict in the trial of Dr. […]

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In response to the recent murder of Zurana Horton, a 34-year-old mother of 13 who was killed by a stray bullet last Friday,  Rev. Al Sharpton is calling for an end to gun possession in African-American communities.

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Yesterday was all about echoes. Echoes from voices past continuing into beyond. A sea of tens of thousands cheer and chanting as they looked up at video monitors showing the first family walking down a pathway of Martin Luther King’s most inspiring quotes en route to a ceremony to dedicate a memorial to honor his […]

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Rev. Al Sharpton will broadcast his nationally syndicated radio show live this afternoon (1-4 p.m) from Wall Street where the Occupy Wall Street protests are going on. Sharpton will air his show live from Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. He said he wants to show that more than just those that are showed on TV […]

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Texas governor Rick Perry’s campaign was in damage control mode yesterday after after a Washington Post article revealed the racial slur that was used to describe a ranch where Perry and his father once hunted. Rev. Al Sharpton told POLITICO he plans to be “all over” the story on his MSNBC show on Monday afternoon. […]