NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams eagerly shared a supportive op-ed from Al Sharpton Tuesday — signaling to an emerging field of rivals that prying away his Black support will not be easy. “I really want to thank Reverend Sharpton,” Adams said at the beginning of his weekly, wide-ranging press conference. “He really just laid […]
Longtime civil rights activists and faith leaders are coming together to speak out against white Christian nationalism one day before the Republican National Convention. The “We All Belong” campaign, which was launched last year by multi-faith organization MICAH, will hold a “Rally for Democracy” on July 14 from 2 to 6 p.m. at University of […]
The Rev. Al Sharpton turbocharged “Morning Joe’s” ridicule of Donald Trump Monday after the repeatedly indicted former president once again compared himself to Abraham Lincoln. (Watch the video below.) Sharpton accused Trump of insulting the intelligence of “American voters of all races,” and issued a “be my guest” challenge to the presumptive Republican nominee on […]
Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton joined local activists in Wilmington on Tuesday in an effort to boost voter engagement within Delaware’s Black community to help reform the state’s legal system. Sharpton, Delaware activist Keandra McDole and Wilmington City Councilwoman Shané Darby have called for Gov. John Carney to appoint more Black people and […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams marked Good Friday by receiving a jailhouse baptism from the Rev. Al Sharpton, joining in on the religious rite with a group of men incarcerated at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex. The ceremony came as part of a visit to the jail complex where Adams was scheduled to […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams marked Good Friday by receiving a jailhouse baptism from the Rev. Al Sharpton, joining in on the religious rite with a group of men incarcerated at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex. The ceremony came as part of a visit to the jail complex where Adams was scheduled to […]