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Here’s the latest on Biden’s new student loan debt relief plan

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SNL spoofs Al Sharpton's coverage of the Eric Garner case

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The happiest video you’ll watch all day? John Lewis dances to hit tune

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theGrio’s 100: Rev. Al Sharpton, taking his activist fight to the airwaves

theGRIO’S 100 – As a recognized media professional and an avid activist, Rev. Sharpton has proven that he is committed to a cause that brings the issues of injustice to the forefront…
/ February 6, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Idris Elba talks new Mandela biopic on 'Morning Joe'

theGRIO REPORT – Actor Idris Elba joined Tuesday’s Morning Joe on MSNBC to discuss the impact of Nelson Mandela’s passing and his lead role in the new Mandela biopic Long Walk to Freedom.
/ December 10, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Shaka King's 'Newlyweeds' draws comparison to Spike Lee films

VIDEO – Rev. Al Sharpton was joined by budding director Shaka King on Politics Nation this week. King is the director of Newlyweeds, his debut film which he shot in his hometown of Bed Stuy, Brooklyn…
/ September 20, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Lee Daniels joins Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss ‘The Butler’

MSNBC – On Thursday’s PoliticsNation, Lee Daniel’s joined Rev. Al Sharpton to discuss his latest movie ‘The Butler’…
/ August 16, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Slain teen’s parents: ‘It just seems like Trayvon was on trial’

VIDEO – In a full-hour interview on MSNBC’s “Politics Nation” with Rev. Al Sharpton, the parents of Trayvon Martin reacted to the acquittal of the man who killed their son…
/ July 18, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Myrlie Evers-Williams: ‘Jim Crow is alive…in a Brooks Brothers suit’

VIDEO – On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights hero Medgar Evers, his widow Myrlie Evers-Williams says segregation has not disappeared…
/ June 13, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Rev. Al Sharpton interviews George Zimmerman's attorney Mark O'Mara on MSNBC

VIDEO – Rev. Al Sharpton on Thursday interviewed the attorney representing George Zimmerman, who is charged with second degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin…
/ May 30, 2013