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An Open Letter to Mayor Moneybags

Alan Singer | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York

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Alan Singer

Dear Mayor Bloomberg: For $10,00, cash or personal check, I will vote for you, pure and simple. For $50,000 plus expenses, I will have my car (a 2001 Toyota Echo) painted with your picture.

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New York Mourns Michael Jackson's Death: Al Sharpton Makes Statement (VIDEO)

Posted 07.27.2009 | New York

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(AP) People moonwalked outside the Apollo Theater, where Michael Jackson performed as a child, and texted their friends from around Times Square on T...

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NASCAR is Begging for a Visit From Rev. Al Sharpton

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Al Sharpton, Nascar, Reverend Al Sharpton, NASCAR Drivers, Politics News
Dr. Johnny Benjamin

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.

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McCain's Hometown Sheriff Ditches McCain For The Colbert Report

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

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Dawn Teo

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.

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Al Sharpton and ACORN Call For Arizona Sheriff To Resign, Or Else

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

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Dawn Teo

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."

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Al Sharpton Criticizes Democrats For "Diluting" Stimulus Bill

AP | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

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MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — The Rev. Al Sharpton criticized Democrats on Wednesday for "diluting" education portions of the economic stimulus bill in orde...

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The Obama Imprint

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: “a Mercy”, Cornel West, Toni Morrison, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Reverend Al Sharpton, Michael Eric Dyson, Civil Rights, Obama, Politics News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

What Obama has done is so extraordinary that it calls into question the entire project of black advocates and intellectuals preoccupied by the question of racism.

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Al Sharpton For Human Rights in Cuba?

Roger Hernandez | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Prisoners, Human Rights Abuses, Cuba, Reverend Al Sharpton, Al Sharpton, Politics News
Roger Hernandez

Activist in black causes, Sharpton asked the Cuban gov. to allow him into the country to learn about the situation of political prisoners. But is he also concerned about imprisoned dissidents who are not black?

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A Vet's View of Philly Cops

John Bruhns | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

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John Bruhns

If Sharpton will meet and pray with criminal suspects with previous felony convictions, why didn't he also meet with the accused officers, hear their side of the story, and pray with them?

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Sharpton Keeping Support For Obama Quiet

New York Daily News | ADAM SERWER and MICHAEL SAUL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Rev. Al Sharpton is backing Barack Obama, but he's made the strategic decision to keep his support quiet. That's the message Sharpton delivered t...

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