The Alfred Olango shooting raises more questions about the nation's police. How should they respond to the mentally ill?
Roland Martin talks to National Urban League’s Marc Morial about the lack of diversity at this year’s Oscars and the calling of a meeting with film studios to…
Every person deserves to be counted and given equal protection, not just some of us.
When footage surfaced of a Columbia, SC high school student being flipped in her desk and then dragged across the floor by a school resource…
Gil Scott Heron said in a 1970 poem, “the revolution will not be televised,” explaining in an interview years later that he meant change can’t…
What do an anti-trafficking bill with the Hyde Amendment to prevent federal dollars being spent on abortions and Loretta Lynch have to do with each…
Rev. Al Sharpton talks about the kick-off of the National Action Network today in New York. “We’re gong to focus on policing. We’re going…
(source:wlwt.com) A peaceful assembly is planned today to protest the grand jury decision of Ferguson Missouri officer, Darren Wilson. The Cincinnati chapter of the National Action Network will meet at the federal courthouse on Main Street, downtown, at 5:00. Last night, a Ferguson grand jury chose not to indict officer Wilson of killing 18 year-old […]
(source:wcpo.com) A local civil rights group is organizing a protest today, criticizing a grand jury’s decision for not indicting the officer that shot and killed a man at a local Walmart. Family members of John Crawford III, the man shot by police at the Beavercreek Walmart, will join the National Action Network at the protest […]
New York, NY — The National Action Network celebrated its annual Triumph Awards on Monday, June 2, 2014 celebrating the achievements and contributions of a…
President Barack Obama downplayed accusations of voter fraud by legislators who have introduced bills that have threatened to turn back decades-old gains for African American…
03/12/14- Reverend Al Sharpton recaps the rally against “Stand Your Ground” that was held on March 10, 2014. He also reveals President Obama will be…
