Al Sharpton busted some serious moves at the Apollo Tuesday night during a memorial for Michael Jackson. In addition to dancing with director Spike Le...
Lola Adesioye | Posted 07.28.2009 | Politics
The president shouldn't overlook Michael Jackson's importance. He was far from simply an entertainer.
Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics
For the first time since she has been in the public spotlight, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was able to talk her way into an issue that really resonated with the masses.
Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics
NASCAR may be forced to finally realize that they can no longer continue to alienate a potentially huge source of revenue -- minority fans both Black and Hispanic.
Tom Vander Ark | Posted 06.16.2009 | Politics
The last re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (called No Child Left Behind) was an attempt to close these gaps, but the status quo protects bad schools and bad teachers.
Dawn Teo | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics
Sheriff Joe, who is famous for his reality show, tent-based jails, and large contingent of immigration enforcement officers, says he never intended to appear before McCain and other senators at Monday's hearing.
Dawn Teo | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics
rpaio seemed not to know Al Sharpton, saying, "What is his name? Sharpton? He wants me to resign? Have I got news for him. He can stick that in his pipe and smoke it."
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.16.2009 | Entertainment
The Yiddish/German term schwartza or schwarze is not in itself a racially demeaning and insulting term. But it's a totally different thing when the word drips out of the mouth of comic Jackie Mason.
Rev. Al Sharpton and Joel Klein | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics
Transforming the teaching profession into a merit-based system is an obvious first step toward reducing educational inequality.
Politico | Michael Calderone | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media
Al Sharpton, who last week was protesting against the NY Post's chimp cartoon, is continuing his efforts against the Murdoch media empire. Tomorrow, h...
Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media
Did the New York Post simply screw up, fail to take into account possible perceptions, and then get clubbed by a few shrewd competitors who saw a good opportunity? We'll never know.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media
The loud demands will continue that Murdoch back up his kind of sort of apology with real action. But he won't. There's simply too much money in racial trash talk.
Vickie Karp | Posted 03.26.2009 | Media
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders said, "My portraiture is about making people look the way they see themselves in the mirror. Not to overly glamorize or be cruelly honest."
Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media
The New York Post has issued a statement defending its stimulus/chimp cartoon and slamming Rev. Al Sharpton for protesting the piece. Here's the full...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media
A cartoon likening the author of the stimulus bill, perhaps President Barack Obama, with a rabid chimpanzee graced the pages of the New York Post on W...
AP | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — The Rev. Al Sharpton criticized Democrats on Wednesday for "diluting" education portions of the economic stimulus bill in orde...
Kimberle Crenshaw | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
Not only must we re-dedicate ourselves to King's civil rights mission along with the world peace mission, we must see the two as being so utterly linked that one cannot exist without the other.
Ariston Anderson | Posted 02.18.2009 | Entertainment
Wyclef told us that he's hoping Obama will help Haiti by coming up "with a situation where we can create jobs for the population. I would love for Congress to monitor how [Haiti's] money is being spent," he said.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.13.2009 | Media
Over the weekend, Al Sharpton spit some hot fire at the organized faiths that worked to pass California's anti-gay initiative, Proposition 8, castigat...
Broadcasting & Cable | Ben Grossman, Editor, Broadcasting & Cable | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media
The new Alan Colmes-less Hannity premieres Monday with frequent Fox News guest Al Sharpton filling the liberal seat on Sean Hannity's newly christened...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics
This is a hard pill for some to swallow but Sharpton has been a pathway for a lot of Democrats and would-be Democratic politicians to go through for years to get and stay on the political radar.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics
Reverend Al Sharpton defended Barack Obama on Friday for choosing Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, calling the move gracious...
AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics
NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton took Caroline Kennedy to lunch Thursday at a famed Harlem soul food restaurant as she continued her quest to joi...
politico.com | Ben Smith | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics
Now she's really running. Caroline Kennedy, who began seeking Hillary Clinton's Senate seat in earnest today, placed a call this afternoon to Rev. ...
David Whitman | Posted 01.03.2009 | Home
Narrowing the racial achievement gap remains one of Barack Obama's top priorities, even in the midst of the nation's economic crisis. Yet for all of t...
Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment