Al Sharpton

Obama: Don't pander to homophobes Obama: Don't pander to homophobes

In a bid for the black church vote, the candidate is about to tour South Carolina with antigay gospel singer Donnie McClurkin at his side. He doesn't need to.
By James Hannaham Oct 26, 2007

  • Great moments in political race-baiting

    Willie Horton hears a who: Beck, Limbaugh are the latest in a long and undistinguished American tradition
    By Vincent Rossmeier July 31, 2009

  • Forget "Hannity and Colmes," here's "Hannity and Sharpton"

    Al Sharpton will play the liberal foil on the first edition of the Fox News show after the departure of co-host Alan Colmes.
    By Alex Koppelman January 9, 2009

  • What did Al Sharpton really mean?

    The minister is under fire for allegedly bigoted remarks against former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. But it's not entirely clear he meant them.
    By Alex Koppelman May 11, 2007

  • He's sorry now

    But will Don Imus be saying the same thing again in a few years? Considering some of his unreported remarks last week, it sure looks that way.
    By Jonathan Miller April 10, 2007

  • Bill O'Reilly explains the African-American

    The Fox host finds that a Harlem restaurant is just like any other "even though it's run by blacks."
    By Tim Grieve September 25, 2007

  • Christopher Hitchens, Al Sharpton and God

    The two firebrands meet to debate religion, the idea of God and Hitchens' new book.
    By Alex Koppelman May 8, 2007

  • Imus offends

    Should the addlepated radio host lose his job because he called the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos"?
    By Page Rockwell April 9, 2007

  • The real Fox News Democrats

    How the "Fair and Balanced" network pits Democrats against their own party.
    By Alex Koppelman April 3, 2007

  • Sympathy for the devil: Leave Rev. Al alone!

    Why did unnamed Obama supporters attack Al Sharpton? He's only asking questions that need to be answered.
    By Debra Dickerson March 19, 2007

  • Weekend Update: "Blackness Scale"

    Jesse and Al explain where Barack charts.
    By David Puner February 12, 2007

  • Whatever's best for Holy Joe

    Lieberman's racially inflammatory strategy may backfire when people remember his history of pandering to Louis Farrakhan.
    By Joe Conason August 18, 2006

  • The Fix

    Paris dumps Paris? Sharpton, Coulter kicked to curb. Plus: Gwyneth's late advice to Brad.
    August 30, 2005

  • Winning is everything

    Bill Clinton's impassioned paean to John Kerry caps a day of Democratic unity -- and fires up a party determined to wrest back the White House.
    By Tim Grieve and Geraldine Sealey July 27, 2004

  • And then there were two

    Kerry breaks into the open field, with Edwards still in pursuit -- while the Dean meteor continues to burn out.
    By Edward W. Lempinen February 4, 2004

  • A GOP trickster rents Al Sharpton

    The pompadoured preacher's alliance with a right-wing operative may delight conservatives but should disgust his constituents.
    By Joe Conason February 3, 2004

  • The Democrats' Southern paradox

    In the South, black voters may want Anybody but Bush, but whites like what they see in the president -- themselves. It's up to the Democrats to convince them otherwise.
    By Tim Grieve February 2, 2004

  • The race that nobody's talking about -- yet

    Does Sunday's sharp exchange between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Democratic front-runner Howard Dean hold a deeper message about the mood of black voters?
    By Josh Benson January 13, 2004

  • Hollywood searches for a Democratic star

    Howard Dean took an early lead in entertainment-industry fundraising, but Wes Clark is making a run among the moguls and stars who backed Bill Clinton.
    By Tim Grieve December 2, 2003

  • Democratic rivals target Bush -- and Dean

    Bush's tax cuts for the rich have to go, Democrats agreed at Thursday's debate. But when the Vermont doctor took some barbs, he flashed his famous temper.
    By Eric Boehlert September 26, 2003

  • Joe Conason's Journal

    MoveOn.org's online presidential poll offers good news to Dean and Kucinich -- and a silver lining for Kerry.
    June 27, 2003

  • Joe Conason's Journal

    A number of MoveOn members have written in to defend their online preference poll. Here's a sample.
    June 26, 2003

  • The joker

    Al Sharpton's race-card politics have produced nothing but divisive melodrama for New Yorkers. Now he wants to run for president.
    By Jim Sleeper February 27, 2002

  • Brothers under the skin

    Like his nemesis Al Sharpton, David Horowitz seems more interested in inflaming racial tensions than resolving them.
    By Alicia Montgomery March 15, 2001

  • The civil rights movement is dead, RIP

    Black leaders like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson criticize racialing profiling in the legal system, but they espouse the same logic in their own politics.
    By David Horowitz September 5, 2000
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