The Reverend Al Sharpton is calling on ABC to act after actress-comedian Roseanne Barr made racially charged comments about Valerie Jarrett, a former top aide to President Barack Obama.
Sunday on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation,” host Al Sharpton said NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem during protest should be allowed to because “athletes are contracted to play the game,” not “for the preliminary ceremonies.” Sharpton said, “When an athlete is
A liberal group held a protest, Friday, outside the New York headquarters of the National Football League over the league’s new rules to end player protests during the playing of the national anthem.
Sunday on MSNBC’s “Live,” host Alex Witt said some recent high-profile police incidents with African-Americans was “increasing evidence” that more people are becoming more and more alarmed by the difference in skin color. Witt said, “So are you sitting down
Friday on MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” network host Al Sharpton said President Donald Trump’s Thursday morning interview on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” showed he was not “coherent.” Sharpton said, “You know, I come on Sunday mornings, 8:00, at PoliticsNation live. I’ll
On MSNBC on Sunday, network host Al Sharpton weighed on the Democratic Party’s prospects for a challenger to President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Sharpton, who also led the National Action Network’s convention over the weekend, gave high marks
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” network host Al Sharpton said President Donald Trump had caused a “racial divide” in America by making “intolerance become vogue again.” Sharpton said, “[I] think what people really don’t understand, for those of us who grew up
Riots and protests over the shooting death of 22-year-old father Stephon Clark by police last month continued to rock Sacramento last weekend, causing the shutdown of major roadways and strengthening calls for justice.
Rev. Al Sharpton eulogized the late Stephon Clark on Thursday in Sacramento, California, after the 22-year-old was shot 20 times and killed in a confrontation with police earlier this month even though he was unarmed.
Authorities arrested Rev. Al Sharpton’s half-brother and charged him with capital murder in Alabama for shooting and killing a 23-year-old woman over a car dispute, police said.
You can take the girl out of ESPN television, but you can’t take the ESPN television out of the girl.
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” while discussing special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, network host Al Sharpton said President Donald Trump did not understand the Constitution. Sharpton said, “I think the thing we need to understand is that Donald Trump
Sunday on MSNBC, network host Al Sharpton said in light of allegations of an affair with a porn star and the “Access Hollywood” tape, evangelical leaders who supported President Donald Trump should have their integrity questioned. Sharpton said, “I mean, I
Monday at Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, TMZ caught up with MSNBC host Al Sharpton and asked him about President Donald Trump’s reported “shithole” comments. When asked if the president is racist Sharpton said, “You don’t have to spray paint the N-word
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” network weekend host Al Sharpton said President Donald Trump was “a symbol of Northern bigotry.” Sharpton said, “He never left the Queens way, he and his father were sued for racial discrimination for who they would rent
During his Sunday “Gotcha” segment on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation,” Al Sharpton ripped Papa John’s owner John Schnatter for blaming the NFL’s National Anthem protests for a decrease in sales. “That Schnatter would echo President Trump’s condemnation of player protests is not
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) chief executive officer Jonathan Greenblatt appeared Sunday morning on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with host Al Sharpton to discuss hate crimes in America — and failed to mention Sharpton’s own history of allegedly inciting hate crimes against Jews. Sharpton is widely
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Fox host Tucker Carlson argued that Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore is following the Al Sharpton playbook and using his faith “as a shield” by responding to the
Thursday on France 24, MSNBC host Al Sharpton said President Donald Trump is a “polarizer-in-chief” who “channels” racism. Partial transcript as follows: HOST: What exactly is Donald Trump up to? You’ve known him for years, fellow New Yorkers, of course,
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” network host Al Sharpton compared owner and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys Jerry Jones to slave owners for saying he would discipline players who kneeled during the National Anthem. Sharpton said, “So you have an all-white league of owners
Liberals have now joined conservatives to boycott ESPN after the cable sports network handed left-wing SportsCenter host Jemele Hill a two-week suspension.
Rev. Al Sharpton thinks it is “outrageous” ESPN is suspending “SC6” anchor Jemele Hill over her tweets calling for a Dallas Cowboys boycott because owner Jerry Jones is requiring players to stand for the national anthem. “First of all, Jemele Hill
Rev. Al Sharpton joined Nobel Prize-winner and anti-apartheid leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Irish politician John Hume, poet Seamus Heaney, and far-left theorist Noam Chomsky when he received the James Joyce Award by the Literary and Historical Society of the University College in Dublin, Ireland for his achievements in civil rights.
Al Sharpton’s daughter got arrested on her 30th birthday after she allegedly attacked a cab driver and stole his keys.
The choice of Kid Rock as the opening act for a new sports arena in mostly black Detroit has injected the musician into the national debate over race and culture because of his embrace of the Confederate flag, an expletive-laced criticism of NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and unabashed support for President Donald Trump.
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” Rev. Al Sharpton stated that he hopes President Trump’s behavior doesn’t get in the way of the government doing its job with Hurricane Harvey. Sharpton also hoped that Trump will show leadership
On Monday’s “Charlie Rose” on PBS, Rev. Al Sharpton argued that the Jefferson Memorial should not receive public funds. Partial Transcript as Follows: Charlie Rose: “Should they take down the Jefferson Memorial?” Al Sharpton: “I think that people need to
Liberals all across the country are beginning to rally to force the National Football League to sign activist Colin Kaepernick to a new NFL contract. Though, at least one sports writer, has called that campaign a “shakedown,” and compares Kaepernick to fraudsters Al Sharpton and Tawana Brawley.
Wednesday on the “Tom Joyner Morning Show,” MSNBC host Al Sharpton reacted to President Donald Trump saying North Korea would face “fire and fury” in response to its nuclear threats was “not only frightening, it is extremely dangerous.” Sharpton said,
Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean smeared Breitbart News over the weekend by falsely claiming Breitbart News and other right-wing outlets were “racists.”
Sunday on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation,” host Al Sharpton said President Donald Trump’s comments Friday in Suffolk County, NY used “ethnic slurs” to advocate rougher treatment of people in police custody and therefore “against decency.” Sharpton played a clip of Trump saying, “When
Friday on MSNBC’s “Deadline: White House,” while discussing President Donald Trump acting on “impulse” “PoliticsNation,” host Al Sharpton brought up the nuclear football, which contains the launch codes for a nuclear strike. Sharpton said it was “dangerous to think that
This week on “The Tom Joyner Morning Show,” MSNBC host Al Sharpton said Vice President Mike Pence was a “true believer in alt-right stuff” and a “true enemy” of civil rights. When asked if President Donald Trump is impeached would
Al Sharpton says Bill Maher got off easy when he apologized for using a racial slur on last week’s episode of his HBO show Real Time.
Bill Cosby is reportedly “stung” that even Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are refusing to play the race card for him.
Sunday on MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation,” host Al Sharpton said African-Americans diverse in age and gender are now increasingly taking up legal arms because “They don’t trust the Trump administration to protect them from the rise of white supremacists aggression that we
Reverend Al Sharpton thinks that in order to win elections, Democrats must stop trying to get the “Archie Bunker” vote and instead focus on maximizing the party’s minority vote.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” MSNBC host and National Action Network founder Al Sharpton explained why Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) could not win over black voters during the 2016 Democratic presidential primary. Sharpton said Sanders failed to realize the differences between
Wednesday on the “Tom Joyner Morning Show,” when asked by the host if the resignation of Michael Flynn as National Security Adviser could lead to President Donald Trump’s impeachment, activist Al Sharpton said we “should begin” to get excited about
Because apparently there are no pressing issues confronting the African-American community other than a former NBA player getting removed from a basketball game by security, the Reverend Al Sharpton says he’s going to picket Madison Square Garden unless Charles Oakley is allowed back in.