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Al Sharpton

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    Sharpton and NYPD Team Up to Buy Back Guns

    ​City Hall can't decide if it wants you to have guns or not! Police commissioner Ray Kelly and Reverend Al Sharpton had a press conference today, announcing a gun buyback program to take illegal guns off the streets...just weeks after Mayor Michael Bloomberg slashed the fee for a gun permit from $ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Michael Steele's Latest Bondage Play: Hooking Up With Al Sharpton

    ​By Cat Contiguglia Michael Steele, the embattled head of the Republican National Committee, seems to be making a last ditch effort to make some friends -- any friends -- by hooking up with Al Sharpton. Steele, who has been the subject of intense criticism for irresponsible spending, includi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2010

    Barrett: Watching Al Sharpton Operate at the Percy Sutton Funeral

    Sutton​Jesse Jackson was standing by the front door at Riverside Church as Percy Sutton's coffin made its way out of the church Wednesday afternoon. Jackson had opened the three-and-a-half-hour service with a poignant salute to "the tallest tree in our forest," recalling the many "points of li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Tax Amnesty Idea Looking Better: 1 Guy Owes $19 Million

    ​When Governor Paterson included a tax amnesty program in his proposal to cut the state's $3-billion-plus budget deficit, claiming it would bring in $350 million, we thought it was rather wishful thinking. But the Albany Times-Union finds some big numbers among the top 200 state tax scofflaws ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Candidates Make Last Push As Primary Looms

    ​ It's Primary Day. The candidates have been scrambling to make last minute subway pitches, spend their final dollars on radio and television ads, and send volunteers to push campaign literature in people's faces. So what does New York -- a city where so many people appear detached from local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2008

    Sharpton to Lead Pray-In Protests Throughout City Today

    ​ It's Primary Day. The candidates have been scrambling to make last minute subway pitches, spend their final dollars on radio and television ads, and send volunteers to push campaign literature in people's faces. So what does New York -- a city where so many people appear detached from local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2005

    Times-Out on Sharpton Nod

    ​ It's Primary Day. The candidates have been scrambling to make last minute subway pitches, spend their final dollars on radio and television ads, and send volunteers to push campaign literature in people's faces. So what does New York -- a city where so many people appear detached from local ... More >>

  • Specials

    December 14, 2004

    Letters

    ​ It's Primary Day. The candidates have been scrambling to make last minute subway pitches, spend their final dollars on radio and television ads, and send volunteers to push campaign literature in people's faces. So what does New York -- a city where so many people appear detached from local ... More >>

  • News

    November 30, 2004

    What Al Did to Jesse

    Sharpton and Jackson: 'They were kind of the best of enemies'

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2004

    The Elephant in the Democrats' Living Room

    Sharpton and Jackson: 'They were kind of the best of enemies'

  • News

    June 8, 2004

    N.Y.'s Power Couple

    Reverend Al Sharpton and Rupert Murdoch join forces to fight television technology

  • News

    February 3, 2004

    Running From Race

    Democrats Are Ignoring Black Issues in Their Push for the White House. The Surprise Is Who Couldn't Care Less.

  • News

    February 3, 2004

    Sharpton's Cynical Campaign Choice

    Reverend Al Dumps Jesse's Best for Bush's Buddy

  • News

    January 27, 2004

    Sleeping With the GOP

    A Bush Covert Operative Takes Over Al Sharpton's Campaign

  • News

    December 2, 2003

    Sharpton in the Rainbow's Shadow

    Reverend Al slips and slides as political landscape shifts

  • News

    February 25, 2003

    Al vs. the Dems

    Presidential Candidate Sharpton Goes After His Party

  • News

    January 7, 2003

    New Year's Grief

    'Justified' Shootings Spotlight Police Policy Issues

  • Specials

    September 24, 2002

    Letters

    'Justified' Shootings Spotlight Police Policy Issues

  • News

    September 10, 2002

    Getting Greened

    Did Memories of the 2001 Mayoral Race Kill the Gubernatorial Primary?

  • News

    July 16, 2002

    The Neverland Music Summit

    Sharpton's Confab Charges Music-Money Apartheid

  • News

    January 29, 2002

    Bloomberg’s Harlem House Call

    Détente Between City Hall and Sharpton?

  • Specials

    December 4, 2001

    Letters

    Détente Between City Hall and Sharpton?

  • News

    November 13, 2001

    Bloomberg Radio

    How Black Talk Jocks Sold ‘We Like Mike’ to African Americans

  • News

    October 30, 2001

    Take It or Leave It, Mark Green

    Brooklyn Assemblyman Roger Green’s Challenge to a Turncoat Liberal

  • News

    October 23, 2001

    Is the Peace Real?

    Probing Green’s Shaky Rapprochement With the Ferrer Camp

  • News

    October 23, 2001

    The Race Factor

    A View From behind the Scenes

  • News

    October 16, 2001

    Mark Green, You Can’t Hide

    Unmasking a Phony White Liberal

  • News

    October 2, 2001

    Ground Hog

    Jesse Jackson Raids the Graveyard—On Al Sharpton’s Watch

  • News

    August 21, 2001

    Sharpton Chooses Ferrer

    Mayoral Hopeful Will Receive Official Nod Before Labor Day

  • News

    July 3, 2001

    Jesse Jackson: The Desperate Hours

    Inside the Civil Rights Power Struggle

  • News

    May 22, 2001

    Who’s Afraid of Carl Thomas?

    A Black-Jewish Alliance Stirs Up Racial Fears in Battle for Crown Heights Seat

  • News

    May 15, 2001

    Enter Carl W. Thomas

    How Abner Louima's Former Attorney Can Make or Break A Black-Latino Coalition

  • News

    May 1, 2001

    The 'Wrongs' of 'Mr. Civil Rights'

    Why Jesse Jackson's Political Comeback Seems Doomed

  • News

    February 27, 2001

    One Good Cop

    Retiring NYPD Detective Bill Jackson Was No Ordinary Policeman—He Even Rescued Al Sharpton and Me From a Jewish Mob

  • News

    February 20, 2001

    If I Must Die

    The Last Will of Minister Khallid Abdul Muhammad

  • News

    January 9, 2001

    Taking the Rap

    Are Civil Rights Leaders Frontin’ for Hip Hop Gangstas?

  • News

    December 26, 2000

    Is Jesse for Sale?

    Jackson-Watchers Claim Wall Street Contributors Arranged His Phone Call to Bush

  • News

    October 17, 2000

    Why Blacks Shouldn't Vote for Hillary

    An African American Reporter Comes to Terms With a Taboo Subject

  • News

    August 15, 2000

    The Uncle Tom Dilemma

    Are Blacks Like Colin Powell Asking African Americans to Sell Out?

  • News

    May 23, 2000

    Is Sharpton Protecting Hillary?

    Grandpa Al and Reverend Al in Senate Race Endorsement Flap

  • Specials

    March 7, 2000

    Letters

    Grandpa Al and Reverend Al in Senate Race Endorsement Flap

  • News

    October 12, 1999

    Bigger and Blacker

    How the former mayor made Al Sharpton kosher and is winning back the hearts of African Americans

  • News

    August 31, 1999

    By Any Means (Unnecessary)

    A History of the Confrontational Politics That Led to the 'Assault' on Councilman Bill Perkins by the Bully Boys of The Million Youth March

  • News

    April 27, 1999

    Rudy Kisses Butts

    Embattled mayor embraces a harsh critic, but still can't find forgiveness in some African American quarters.

  • Specials

    April 13, 1999

    Letters

    Embattled mayor embraces a harsh critic, but still can't find forgiveness in some African American quarters.

  • News

    March 9, 1999

    It Takes a Woman

    Amadou's mother's plea to Hillary

  • News

    October 6, 1998

    At Each Other's Throats

    Political retribution in Harlem in the wake of the Million Youth March

  • News

    August 25, 1998

    Rage Against Muhammad

    An investigation by the joint terrorist task force adds to the Million Youth March leader's woes

  • News

    July 28, 1998

    Should Al Sharpton Apologize?

    The racial politics of reconciliation in New York

  • News

    July 7, 1998

    Johnnie Come Lately

    Black Activists Say O. J. Simpson's Lawyer Is on a Quest To Hijack the New York Civil rights Movement

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