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Family Of Man Killed By NYPD Cruiser To Hold Rally

Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Al Sharpton, Canarsie, Nypd, Canarsie Brooklyn, Tamon Robinson, Ny News, Housing Projects, Nypd Scandals, New York Crime, National Action Network, New York News, New York News

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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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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The Trayvon Martin and Tulsa Shootings: The Time for Inaction Is Over

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Trayvon Martin Case, Travyon Martin, Tulsa Shooting, Trayvon Martin Shooting, Civil Rights Movement, Amadou Diallo, Civil Rights, National Action Network, Black Voices News
Rev. Al Sharpton

It's time all of us engage in a long-term conversation on the elephant in the room -- race. And as the Trayvon Martin case tragically proves, the topic cannot be discussed without dedicating an equal amount of time towards a serious look at our justice system.

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Will Mississippi Choose the Higher Road or Follow Down a Misguided Path?

Elena Lacayo | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, SB 1070 Copycat, Nclr, Selma to Montgomery, Leadership Council on Civil and Human Rights, Latino, HB 56, National Council of La Raza, Immigration, Sb 1070, National Action Network, HB 488, Naacp, Video, Latino Voices News
Elena Lacayo

We need to stand strong with our brothers and sisters and show Alabama, Mississippi, and every other state that Americans will not stand for laws that trample on liberty and justice for all.

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Trymaine Lee

At Selma March For Rights, New Generation Of Blacks, Latinos Takes Up The Mantle

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Bv-Politics, Voting Rights, Voter ID Laws, National Action Network, Slidepollajax, Selma March, Anti-Immigrant, Black History Month, Black Voices News

By the time Williabelle Lee was 11, she knew enough about the U.S. Constitution to teach her neighbors in rural Mississippi how to interpret the secti...

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Back to the Future: All Roads Lead to Selma, Alabama

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Alabama, Al Sharpton, Civil Rights Movement, Selma, 2012 Election, John Lewis, Selma Alabama, Civil Rights Act, Elections 2012, Voter ID Laws, National Action Network, Civil Rights, Reverend Al Sharpton, Alabama Voter ID Laws, Black Voices News
Rev. Al Sharpton

Today, when voter ID laws have crept into dozens of states, and one of the toughest and most reprehensible anti-immigration bills passed in Alabama, we will gather once again in the deep South and march.

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Trymaine Lee

Rev. Al Sharpton Might Sue NYPD Over Allegations It Spied On Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 02.14.2012

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A day after a Huffington Post blogger and NYPD gadfly Len Levitt wrote a post alleging that the New York City Police Department planted spies inside t...

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Spying on the Rev.

Len Levitt | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Nypd Scandals, Sean Bell, Handschu Agreement, Nypd, Joe Hynes, Ray Kelly, National Action Network, Reverend Al Sharpton, New York News
Len Levitt

An NYPD informant spied on the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network [NAN] as the group was organizing large-scale protests of the Sean Bell case acquittals, a police document shows.

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Silence Is Not an Option

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Voter Fraud, Romney Racism, Newt Gingrich Food Stamps, Al Sharpton, Newt Gingrich 2012, Voter ID, Voter ID Laws, Food Stamp President, Romney Food Stamps, Al Sharpton 2012, Newt Gingrich, Romney 2012, Newt Gingrich Racism, National Action Network, Black Voices News
Rev. Al Sharpton

You'd think Romney would be more careful in his approach towards serious subject matters, but somehow the self-proclaimed rich guy still manages to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

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Mad Men About Diversity

Zack Isaacs | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Television, Msnbc, Advertising, Al Sharpton, Munson Steed, Madison Avenue Initiative, Human Resources, Production, Mad Men, Rollingout, National Action Network, Professional, African American, Diversity, Media News
Zack Isaacs

Munson Steed has more than just a unique name. He has developed an original "blueprint" to change the way Madison Avenue looks -- from a cultural perspective.

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Notes on Getting Out of the Partisan Trap

Harry Kresky | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: 60 Mintues, Tavis Smiley, Black Community, African American Community, President Barack Obama, Rev. Al Sharpton, Cornell West, The Amsterdam News, Obama, National Action Network, Harry Kresky, Michael Hardy, Politics News
Harry Kresky

It's time to push the envelope on the nature of the political process itself and the ways in which, in its current form, it reinforces pre-existing economic, racial and social divisions and competition, all of which foster partisanship.

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Can The DNC and Our President Break Their Establishment Ties?

Pearl Korn | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Russ Feingold, Bill Clinton, Dnc, Al Sharpton, Fair Elections Now Act, Dscc, Progressive Democrats of America, Obama for America, Aflcio, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democracy for America, Citizens United, Bold Progressives, Barack Obama, Paul Ryan Budget, Osama Bin Laden, Congressional Progressive Caucus, U.N., Progressives United, Nancy Pelosi, Dccc, Gotv, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, National Action Network, Tea Party, People's Budget, Richard Trumka, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News
Pearl Korn

For the DNC to become relevant again, it needs to truly embrace that spirit of "change" from 2008 and support some real Progressives for Congress in 2012.

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Truce! Sharpton And Kelly Make Nice To Fight Guns

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, often a vocal critic of the New York Police Department, is teaming up with the department...

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'FINANCIAL DISARRAY'

New York Post | CARL CAMPANILE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Sharpton, National Action Network, New York News

An accounting firm hired by Al Sharpton's National Action Network found the civil-rights group in such financial disarray that it flunked its record-k...

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The Content of our Foolishness

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Economy, Reclaiming the Dream, President Obama, Restoring Honor Rally, ?€œI Have a Dream? Speech, Glenn Beck Rally, Naacp, Veterans, National Urban League, Iraq Veterans, Afghanistan Veterans, Tom Joyner, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Sarah Palin, Rev. Al Sharpton, Glenn Beck, National Action Network, Politics News
Charles D. Ellison

As much as the enlightened, historically correct bunch of us would hate to admit, Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally was a masterful stroke of PR geni...

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Join Us in Reclaiming King's Dream

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Danny Glover, Rev.Al Sharpton, Nonviolence, Arne Duncan, Marc-Morial, Gun Violence Prevention, Martin Luther King Jr., National Action Network, Lincoln Memorial, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, National Urban League, Politics News
Paul Helmke

These are not the best of times for racial harmony, or economic or social justice. These certainly are not the best of times for nonviolence. But the America of 2010 is a lot different from the America of 1963.

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Charles Ogletree: Sharpton Is Obama Link To The Streets

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton is a "lightning rod" for President Barack Obama on inner city streets, Obama's former Harvard mentor and friend ...

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Rev. Sharpton's Convention Draws Big Leaders

AP | MEGAN K. SCOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Sharpton, Rev. Al Sharpton, Michael Steele, National Action Network, New York, New York City, Reverend Al Sharpton, Naacp, New York News

NEW YORK — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that she is developing a national plan of action that would focu...

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Sam Stein

New York Post Chimp Cartoon Compares Stimulus Author To Dead Primate

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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