Newsweek Puff Piece on Sharpton Distorts Reality
The transformation of Reverend Al Sharpton from street provocateur to civil rights eminence ranks as one of the more remarkable image makeovers in American public life. And mainstream journalism has...
View ArticleSharpton's Finances in Disarray Despite Bloomberg Support
By any reasonable standard, Reverend Al Sharpton is the most powerful black civil-rights leader in New York City, if not the entire nation. So why are the finances of his nearly two-decade-old...
View ArticleSharpton Becomes Full-Time MSNBC Anchorman
Al Sharpton's newest role - full-time anchorman - is now a reality. The New York City-based black activist, preacher and former presidential candidate launched his MSNBC-TV talk show, "PoliticsNation,"...
View ArticleSharpton Annual Conference Again Heavily Corporate-Funded
Whatever else might be said of Reverend Al Sharpton, when he throws a party, he does it in style. The 14th annual conference of his New York-based nonprofit National Action Network (NAN) last month in...
View ArticleSharpton Way Behind on Washington, D.C. Rent; Faces Eviction
The new, improved Reverend Al Sharpton has been establishing a Washington, D.C. presence ever since President Obama took office nearly four years ago. But apparently, the New York City-based minister,...
View ArticleAl Sharpton Revealed as FBI Mob Sting Informant
The Reverend Al Sharpton, anchorman, preacher, politician and shakedown artist extraordinaire, has led what can be viewed as a charmed life. A lengthy expose published yesterday on The Smoking Gun...
View ArticleCorporations Bankroll Sharpton's 60th Birthday Bash
Al Sharpton turned 60 last Friday. That's a psychological landmark in any man's life. But if the New York-based civil rights activist, preacher, politician and media star is feeling blue, he can...
View ArticleParty Out of Bounds: Sharpton Lawyer Rubenstein Accused of Rape
For Al Sharpton, October 1 through 3 was a 60th birthday celebration to savor. But the most memorable part of that three-day occasion may have been something definitely not on the itinerary. Last...
View ArticleHidden Video Captures Eric Garner Daughter Blasting Sharpton
Achieving justice, Al Sharpton-style, isn’t cost-free. And even his natural allies are admitting that the New York-based civil rights leader-provocateur can’t say “no” when it comes to money. This...
View ArticleSharpton Visits South Carolina; Will Violence Follow?
Like clockwork, Al Sharpton, race-hustler extraordinaire, is positioning himself as an “adviser” to the family of Walter Scott, the black man fatally shot from behind on April 4 by a white police...
View ArticleSharpton Daughter Sues NYC for $5 Million over Sprained Ankle
“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” goes the adage. In Al Sharpton’s family, the words are doubly true. This past weekend, Dominique Sharpton, the eldest of Reverend Al’s two adult daughters,...
View ArticleSharpton Launches Capitol Hill Lobbying Blitz
“I want to make a difference” is a common statement of purpose for coming to work in the nation’s capital. Al Sharpton, no stranger to Washington during the Obama years, wants to make a difference....
View ArticleLatest Sharpton Confab Rakes in Corporate and Union Dough
Al Sharpton, shakedown artist extraordinaire, never has lacked energy in advancing the profile of his New York-based nonprofit, National Action Network (NAN). Thanks to corporations and unions, he...
View ArticleLabor Unions and Al Sharpton: An Enduring Partnership
Labor unions in this country are engines of egalitarian policy and its most potent political vehicle, the Democratic Party. As the party platform heavily overlaps with that of demagogic black identity...
View ArticleSocial Media CEOs Embrace Black Lives Matter; Censor Critics
Social media is supposed to expand the possibilities of human communication. Yet an alliance of technology executives and black radicals is trying to restrict them. Case in point: Officials of...
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