MICHAEL BALSAMO, MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS / The Associated PressJul 16, 2019
The decision, made by Attorney General William Barr, is announced one day before the anniversary of the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Jacob Sugarman / TruthdigAug 31, 2018
The MSNBC host reminds the president that the Queen of Soul "took orders from nobody but God." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigApr 27, 2015
A new generation of young black radicals is opting for revolution—a generation that sees through the facade of the corporate state and has rejected as sellouts Obama, Sharpton, Jackson, Dyson and others among the African-American political elite. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )
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Eugene Robinson / TruthdigDec 24, 2014
It is absurd to have to say this, but New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, activist Al Sharpton and President Obama are in no way responsible for the coldblooded assassination of two police officers in Brooklyn on Saturday. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigAug 13, 2014
While acknowledging the outrage that followed the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on Saturday after the unarmed teenager was shot in a police car by a still-unnamed police officer, on Tuesday activists like the Rev. Al Sharpton emphasized the need for calm and justice as the case is investigated. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Jeffrey St. Clair, CounterPunchMay 23, 2014
If it’s spring, it must be time for Barack Obama’s annual drive-by of black America, where he piously lectures them on the state of their lives. He didn’t disappoint this year, treating the nation to two speeches on civil rights in a single week. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 5, 2012
The independent senator from Vermont appeared on MSNBC’s "Politics Nation with Al Sharpton" on Monday to talk about the ongoing budget negotiations between Democrats and Republicans, respectively the winners and losers of last month’s national referendum on economic policy in America. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Marcia Alesan Dawkins / TruthdigMar 23, 2012
In all, the Million Hoodie March was an on-the-ground call for an end and an online call for a new beginning. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 5, 2011
You know what liberals do? They hit below the belt. That's the explanation given for the race-based treatment that the mainstream media are giving "beautiful man" Herman Cain, according to this exercise in crisis management produced by Cain's camp. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 7, 2010
After calling Stephen Colbert the startling nickname of "Steyoncé," the Rev. Al Sharpton hunkers down for a more serious discussion about his latest priority: education. "Education is a civil right," Sharpton says, describing his project with Newt Gingrich (!) in this clip from Tuesday's "Colbert Report." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 21, 2009
If the higher-ups at the New York Post thought that running a simple apology for printing the now-notorious chimpanzee cartoon this week would constitute enough damage control to do the trick, here comes filmmaker Spike Lee -- along with the Post's arch-rival publication, the New York Daily News -- to disabuse them of this notion. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 21, 2009
In the face of angry protests outside its offices, the New York Post has apologized, with qualifications, for publishing a cartoon about the stimulus package showing a dead chimpanzee that many readers saw as representing President Obama. But in its half-hearted mea culpa, the Post made little direct reference to the racist stereotype that sparked the controversy in the first place. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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