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<title><![CDATA[Al Sharpton - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/23803.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Al Sharpton]]></description><category domain="23803">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[ESPN Caved to Trump on Jemele Hill]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/10/11/espn-caved-donald-trump-on-jemele-hill-and-free-speech-al-sharpton-column/752228001/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Monday, ESPN took the extreme measure of suspending host Jemele Hill for two weeks. Her crime? Exercising her freedom of speech to make an analysis. While employers may have the right to dictate how their employees behave in the workplace and on social media, it is clear that ESPN...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In America, Bias, Hate &amp; Racism Move to the Mainstream]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/14/donald-trump-hate-mainstream-charlottesville</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This weekend, the world watched tragedy unfold in Charlottesville, Virginia. A young woman, Heather Heyer, lost her life and at least 19 others were injured when a car rammed into a crowd of people gathered to counter white supremacist protesters. What occurred in Charlottesville is a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Injustices by Police Against Blacks Must Be Addressed]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/10/police-black-american-relationship-reform-justice-al-sharpton</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2016 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The civil rights icon the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr once said: &ldquo;That old law about an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind; the time is always right to do the right thing.&rdquo; Dr King, whose teachings are the basis of my civil rights work, was unequivocally correct, and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[One Year After Ferguson, We Need a Real Reckoning]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/al-sharpton-ferguson-real-reckoning-article-1.2318533</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A national crisis requires a national response.Sunday marks one year since unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. The local grand jury failed to indict that officer, Darren Wilson, for Brown&rsquo;s death, and the Justice Department declined to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Vote on Loretta Lynch Now]]></title>
							<link>http://blogs.rollcall.com/beltway-insiders/no-time-partisan-politics-vote-loretta-lynch-now-commentary/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[More than 150 days ago, President Barack Obama nominated Loretta Lynch as the next U.S. attorney general following Eric Holder&rsquo;s decision to step down. More than 48 days ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to confirm Lynch as the top law enforcement official in the nation....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sustained Indignation]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-al-sharpton/sustained-indignation_b_6249026.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I preached at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, Missouri. This was the same church where I delivered the eulogy for Michael Brown, the unarmed Black teenager killed by police officer Darren Wilson. In the front row sat his mother and father, just as...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[When the Rejected Became the Mainstream]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-al-sharpton/when-the-rejected-became-_b_4059273.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 12 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's somewhat of an odd thing for a little boy to be a Preacher. While most kids were outside playing and making new friends, I discovered my calling at the age of four. Rejected by others my age, I forged my own path. When I was nine, my biological father left my family and I on our...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[We Lost the Battle, But the War's Far From Over]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-al-sharpton/george-zimmerman-verdict_b_3600721.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two weeks after the inexcusable death of young Trayvon Martin, I received a call from the attorney representing the Martin family, Benjamin Crump. It was a plea for assistance as the person responsible for the 17-year-old's death was walking around freely as if nothing had happened....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Justice Has Prevailed in Arizona]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-al-sharpton/supreme-court-voting-rights-act_b_3458623.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Voting is a right, not a privilege. Apparently some folks need a reminder every now and then. When the Voting Rights Act of 1965 became law, it solidified every American citizen's right to vote and participate in the electoral process. There were some that came up with creative schemes...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Protecting the Voting Rights]]></title>
							<link>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-0807-sharpton-voting-suppression-id-20120807,0,522757.story</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The American Revolution, which created our nation, was a fight for self-governance.The American Evolution, which delivered the promises of democracy to all Americans, was a longer struggle, requiring countless protests, marches, sacrifices and even lives lost, all of which led to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Good Shall Triumph in the End]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-al-sharpton/congress-republicans-eric-holder-contempt_b_1637380.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By all accounts, Thursday was a momentous and notable day. The Supreme Court of the United States upheld President Obama's Affordable Care Act, thereby paving the way for millions of Americans to obtain insurance coverage, and millions of others to remain on their plans without fear of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Holder Has Been &quot;Stopped &amp; Frisked&quot;]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-al-sharpton/eric-holder-contempt-fast-and-furious_b_1613079.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The politics of politics. Chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, has just pressed ahead with contempt charges against Attorney General Eric Holder. Attempting to argue that AG Holder somehow withheld information with regards to the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trayvon Martin--Victim Of Bias &amp; Vigilantism]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-al-sharpton/trayvon-martin-victim-of-_b_1364791.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I wait for an era when young Black men will no longer have to live in fear. Decades after the abolishment of slavery, we were haunted by the reality of being hunted down, beaten and lynched by both everyday citizens and law enforcement. Young boys like Emmett Till were openly and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Contraception Is a Woman's Right]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-al-sharpton/contraception-obama-administration_b_1265878.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In public relations, 'spin' is the term people use when they would like a topic or story covered in a specific manner, in a certain light. In the realm of politics, unfortunately, some elected officials and their mouthpieces like to apply the same tactics while masking the truth from...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Holder Is Correct on Voting Rights]]></title>
							<link>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-al-sharpton/eric-holder-voter-id_b_1151175.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Al Sharpton</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When African Americans and other disenfranchised groups were still vying for an opportunity to have their voices heard and participate in the social and political process of the nation they helped construct, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was enacted to legally push forward this ability....]]></description>
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