http://dir.salon.com/topics/al_sharpton/?source=rss&aim=al_sharpton en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT By James Hannaham Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/26/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/26/obama/index.html?source=rss 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 Vincent Rossmeier Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/31/race_baiting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/31/race_baiting/index.html?source=rss Willie Horton hears a who: Beck, Limbaugh are the latest in a long and undistinguished American tradition By Alex Koppelman Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/09/hannity_sharpton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/01/09/hannity_sharpton/index.html?source=rss 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 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2007/05/11/sharpton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2007/05/11/sharpton/index.html?source=rss 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 Jonathan Miller Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/10/don_imus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/10/don_imus/index.html?source=rss 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 Tim Grieve Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/25/oreilly/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/09/25/oreilly/index.html?source=rss The Fox host finds that a Harlem restaurant is just like any other "even though it's run by blacks." By Alex Koppelman Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/08/hitchens_sharpton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/05/08/hitchens_sharpton/index.html?source=rss The two firebrands meet to debate religion, the idea of God and Hitchens' new book. By Page Rockwell Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/09/imus_rutgers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/04/09/imus_rutgers/index.html?source=rss Should the addlepated radio host lose his job because he called the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos"? By Alex Koppelman Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/03/fox_news_democrats/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/03/fox_news_democrats/index.html?source=rss How the "Fair and Balanced" network pits Democrats against their own party. By Debra Dickerson Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/19/al_sharpton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/03/19/al_sharpton/index.html?source=rss Why did unnamed Obama supporters attack Al Sharpton? He's only asking questions that need to be answered. By David Puner Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/02/12/weekend_update_blackness_scale/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/02/12/weekend_update_blackness_scale/index.html?source=rss Jesse and Al explain where Barack charts. By Joe Conason Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/08/18/lieberman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2006/08/18/lieberman/index.html?source=rss Lieberman's racially inflammatory strategy may backfire when people remember his history of pandering to Louis Farrakhan. Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2005/08/30/tue/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/fix/2005/08/30/tue/index.html?source=rss Paris dumps Paris? Sharpton, Coulter kicked to curb. Plus: Gwyneth's late advice to Brad. By Tim Grieve and Geraldine Sealey Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/07/27/clinton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/07/27/clinton/index.html?source=rss 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 Edward W. Lempinen Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/04/primaries/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/04/primaries/index.html?source=rss Kerry breaks into the open field, with Edwards still in pursuit -- while the Dean meteor continues to burn out. By Joe Conason Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/02/03/sharpton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/02/03/sharpton/index.html?source=rss The pompadoured preacher's alliance with a right-wing operative may delight conservatives but should disgust his constituents. By Tim Grieve Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/02/south/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/02/south/index.html?source=rss 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 Josh Benson Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/01/13/black_vote/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/01/13/black_vote/index.html?source=rss 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 Tim Grieve Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/12/02/hollywood/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/12/02/hollywood/index.html?source=rss 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 Eric Boehlert Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/09/26/debate/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/09/26/debate/index.html?source=rss 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. Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/06/27/results/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/06/27/results/index.html?source=rss MoveOn.org's online presidential poll offers good news to Dean and Kucinich -- and a silver lining for Kerry. Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/06/26/moveon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2003/06/26/moveon/index.html?source=rss A number of MoveOn members have written in to defend their online preference poll. Here's a sample. By Jim Sleeper Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/02/27/sharpton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/02/27/sharpton/index.html?source=rss Al Sharpton's race-card politics have produced nothing but divisive melodrama for New Yorkers. Now he wants to run for president. By Alicia Montgomery Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/03/15/horowitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/03/15/horowitz/index.html?source=rss Like his nemesis Al Sharpton, David Horowitz seems more interested in inflaming racial tensions than resolving them. By David Horowitz Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/2000/09/05/profiling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/horo/2000/09/05/profiling/index.html?source=rss 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.