Al Sharpton

Time to Stop "Stop and Frisk"

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2012

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Marian Wright Edelman

The silent Father's Day March will be a chance for people of all backgrounds to walk silently down New York's Fifth Avenue together to convey to New York City leaders that it is time to stop treating hundreds of thousands of our young people of color like criminals when they have done nothing wrong.

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WATCH: 'SNL' Takes On Al Sharpton

Posted 05.21.2012

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The latest episode of "Saturday Night Live" took on Al Sharpton, portraying the MSNBC host as someone who just doesn't understand the news. The sh...

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Black-on-White Crime and the Reasons for a Media Double-Standard

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.16.2012

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Bob Cesca

Yes, there's a double-standard. And until there's full equality and the long slow process of racial healing is completed, the double-standard has to remain.

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Rev. Al Sharpton: ‘My Mother Believed In Me When It Didn’t Make Sense’

NewsOne.com | Posted 05.13.2012

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Rev. Al Sharpton told NewsOne that he regularly called his mother, Ada Sharpton, every Sunday when she was alive and it hurts him that he no longer ha...

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Family Of Man Killed By NYPD Cruiser To Hold Rally

Posted 05.07.2012

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The family of a Brooklyn man struck and killed by a police car earlier this month will join Reverend Al Sharpton in calling for an investigation into ...

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Perhaps Trayvon's Mother Should Stop Talking

Dr. Boyce Watkins | Posted 04.16.2012

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Dr. Boyce Watkins

I haven't spoken with Al Sharpton in a few months. But if we were still speaking and he were to ask me what to do with the mother of Trayvon Martin, my answer would be very simple: Get her off the stage right now.

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Will Trayvon Martin Be A Watershed Moment in Race Relations? That Depends On You

Melanie Coffee | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Racism, Al Sharpton, George Zimmerman, National Action Network, Post-Racial, African Americans, Trayvon Martin, Black Voices News
Melanie Coffee

Now that George Zimmerman has been charged in Trayvon Martin's death, I am wondering what's next. I'm not talking about the next steps in the judicial process, I want to know what's next when it comes to America's relationship with race.

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Rev. Al Sharpton Forum In D.C. Grapples With Trayvon Martin Cases

AP | Posted 04.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The mother and fiancée of two men fatally shot by New York City police officers are expressing solidarity with the family of Trayvon Ma...

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David Lohr

Missing NY Man's Family Desperate For Help, Answers

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 04.12.2012

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Six years after their 19-year-old son disappeared without a trace, Lorraine and Larry Stackhouse Sr. have not wavered in their quest to find out what ...

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Why the Trayvon Martin Circus Could Derail Obama's Re-election

James Marshall Crotty | Posted 04.05.2012

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James Marshall Crotty

I feel extremely bad and incredibly worried for Barack Obama. I like the president and most of his policies. However, the Trayvon Martin circus has grown so big and unruly, it threatens to derail the president's much-deserved second term.

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How About Getting the Facts First in Trayvon Story?

Diane Dimond | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Self Defense in Sanford Florida, Al Sharpton, Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee, Vigilante Justice, Jesse Jackson, George Zimmerman, Neighborhood Watch Volunteers, Politics News
Diane Dimond

There are two sides to every story. So, why do the media sometimes run whole hogged with the most sensational version of events and why do we eat it ...

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PHOTOS: Thousands At Rally In Trayvon Martin's Hometown

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 04.02.2012

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MIAMI -- Political leaders, sport stars and entertainers were among several thousand people who gathered Sunday at a Miami rally to call for an arrest...

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Adam Goldberg

Al Sharpton: Supreme Court Overturning Obamacare Would Be 'A Travesty'

HuffingtonPost.com | Adam Goldberg | Posted 04.12.2012

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As part of its ongoing series of chats with influential power players who breakfast at New York's Loews Regency Hotel, The Huffington Post scored inte...

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The Death of Trayvon Martin: Confronting the Problem of Enduring Racism

Doug Bandow | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Racism, Stand Your Ground, Criminal Justice, George Zimmerman, Self Defense, Al Sharpton, Trayvon Martin, Politics News
Doug Bandow

Trayvon Martin's death is a tragedy. Even if Zimmerman didn't intend evil, justice requires holding him responsible for killing Martin, who appears to have been guilty of nothing other than being the wrong race and wrong age in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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Kurtz Confounds With Criticism of MSNBC, Sharpton, but Not Trayvon Martin Smears

Mark Thompson | Posted 05.27.2012

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Mark Thompson

While Howard Kurtz has had an esteemed career as a media critic, his TV and tweet critique of MSNBC and the Rev. Al Sharpton Sunday seems like an attempt to appear balanced purely for the sake of appearing balanced.

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Defending Due Process in the Trayvon Martin Case

Ari Weisbrot | Posted 05.27.2012

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Ari Weisbrot

We love drama. We love to protest. We love to fight for a cause. That's what makes us American. But, what also makes us American is due process, justice, the presumption of innocence.

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LOOK: NY Post's Front Page Calls Trayvon Supporters 'Race Hustlers'

Posted 03.27.2012

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The New York Post front page Tuesday insinuates that three black New York lawmakers (Senators Kevin Parker, Bill Perkins, and Eric Adams) wearing hood...

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Al Sharpton Straddles Cable News And Activism In Trayvon Martin Case

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.27.2012

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NEW YORK (AP) — Al Sharpton's activism on the Trayvon Martin case has given him a unique role — some would say unique conflict — on MSNBC. The n...

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WATCH: Al Sharpton's Fiery Speech At Trayvon Martin Rally

Posted 05.23.2012

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MSNBC's Al Sharpton spoke at a rally for Trayvon Martin in Martin's hometown of Sanford, Florida on Thursday night. Sharpton has been heavily invol...

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Al Sharpton's Mother Dies

AP | Posted 05.22.2012

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NEW YORK (AP) — The 87-year-old mother of the Rev. Al Sharpton has died. His spokeswoman says Ada Sharpton died early Thursday mornin...

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Glenn Beck's Site: Trayvon Martin May Have Been Dangerous

The Huffington Post | Gene Demby | Posted 03.23.2012

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An ugly story may be getting uglier. The Blaze, a right-wing site started by Glenn Beck, has a post up insinuating that Trayvon Martin may have bee...

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Jack Mirkinson

Al Sharpton On Trayvon Martin Killing: 'I Intend To Stay On It'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 03.23.2012

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The killing of Trayvon Martin has morphed from a local to a national tragedy. In the process, Martin, an unarmed black teenager who was shot to death ...

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WATCH: Al Sharpton Speaks Out On Trayvon Martin Killing

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.20.2012

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Al Sharpton devoted a lengthy section of his Monday show to the killing of Trayvon Martin. Martin, a 17-year-old from Florida, was shot dead at the...

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Clinton Remembers Former Congressman

AP | DAVID PORTER | Posted 05.14.2012

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NEWARK, N.J. — Rep. Donald Payne was a modest man who favored quiet persuasion over bombast, qualities that didn't detract from his effectivenes...

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WATCH: Al Sharpton's Loaded Birthday Message To Mitt Romney

Posted 03.13.2012

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Al Sharpton hit out at Mitt Romney's stance on Medicare in his birthday greeting to the GOP candidate during his show Monday night. "Happy birthda...

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