Rev. Al Sharpton’s fiery speech at Friday’s homegoing ceremony for Aretha Franklin in Detroit was an unquestionable highlight from the star-studded, multi-hour event. Sharpton spoke passionately about Franklin’s contributions to society, and black culture in particular:
Last week, Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry boycotted her own MSNBC show because, she wrote in an open letter to her staff, she was tired of being sidelined. Her rift with the channel reached a breaking point in January over Beyoncé’s “Formation” video, which Harris-Perry had to fight to cover, and on Sunday MSNBC confirmed…
After director Ava DuVernay and actor David Oyelowo of the critically acclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. biopic Selma were snubbed, civil rights groups have called for a boycott of the Oscars as well protests ahead of the award show.
This afternoon in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, an armed man approached two NYPD officers sitting inside their patrol car and opened fire, shooting at least one in the head. Both officers were rushed to the nearby Woodhull hospital, and both have been pronounced dead. The gunman who shot himself after…
On Wednesday the wife of Eric Garner spoke to reporters following a grand jury decision to not indict the police officer who choked her husband death.
Hillary Clinton spoke out about Ferguson on Thursday, calling out "inequities" in the justice system and the increased militarization of small town police forces.
Allegations from two shoppers claiming Barneys employees saw that they were black and made the snap judgment that they therefore couldn’t really afford their expensive purchases have led to a whole shitstorm of bad PR for the fancy New York retailer, drawing calls from the Rev. Al Sharpton to boycott the store and…
Avowed socially liberal Republican Meghan McCain wrote Sunday on the Daily Beast about how conservative bloggers across this poorly-lit back alley we call the internet turned on her like a pack of jackals in the wake of her appearance on Al Sharpton's MSNBC show PoliticsNation. She explained that, baseless as the…
You can watch clips of Whitney Houston's memorial here if you didn't catch the entire live stream. Kevin Costner, Dionne Warwick, and Tyler Perry spoke, and R. Kelly, Stevie Wonder, and Alicia Keys performed.
• Cindy McCain has posed for an ad for the No H8 campaign - in 2008, John McCain endorsed the measure. Is there about to be a same sex marriage mutiny in the McCain household? •
• A CDC advisory committee has recommended GlaxoSmithKline's HPV vaccine Cervarix, which is similar to Merck's Gardasil vaccine, for use in girls and women. But, some say Cervarix is overpriced because it offers less protection than Gardasil. •
All different kinds of celebrities showed up at the Staples Center today to pay respects to the King of Pop. A gallery, after the jump.
In particular, Bill O'Reilly wants to know why it is that Famous Political Black People, like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, are hanging around Jackson's famliy (hint: the proximity of cameras might have something to do with it!) since Michael's black card was revoked after he had "white" children. Carlson and Huddy,…
Last night on 48 Hours, Harold Dow reported on how Michael Jackson's ever-lightening skin complicated his relationship with the black community. Spike Lee, Quincy Jones, and Al Sharpton weighed in on whether or not MJ was ashamed of his heritage.
While Hillary Clinton's winning popularity contests (and Al Sharpton is trying his darndest to do the same), Treasury nominee Tim Geithner is hoping not to lose his nomination and the Bushies are protecting their legacies.
If the National Enquirer weren't relentless hyping its as-yet pictureless story about John Edwards' baby, we could just spend the whole morning talking about Republican hypocrisy, the new poster child for which is Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens. Good old Interwebs Ted was indicted on corruption charges, so we talk about…
