Anchor Contessa Brewer Calls Reverend Jesse Jackson Al Sharpton

MSNBC news anchor Contessa Brewer had a major blooper yesterday as she was interviewing Reverend Jesse Jackson on economic inequalities. The 35-year-old anchor addressed Reverend Jackson as Al Sharpton, another...

Rick Sanchez Hit and Run DUI: CNN Reporter's Past Surfaces Again

So this is not a new story, but it is evidence of the fact that your past can surface again and again to haunt you. Take Rick Sanchez for instance. On December 10 1990, Rick Sanchez was part of a hit and run, when he was leaving a Miami Dolphins game with his dad and he got...

Jackson and Farrakhan attend funeral of slain teen

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson together with Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakahn call for "an end to youth violence"  at funeral of slain Chicago teen.  "Footage of the brutal attack last month...

Derrion Albert Funeral Details: Jackson and Farrakhan Attend

Derrion Albert, the Chicago teen who was beaten to death on Thursday September 24th by four other teenagers, had his funeral today at Greater Mount Hebron Baptist church on Chicago's South Side. Jesse Jackson and...

Jesse Jackson on the progressive movement

Rev. Jackson: A progressives voice in DC must come from a movement in the streets

Blagojevich Under Pressure From Ill. Attorney General Madigan

The plot thickened Friday in the Rod Blagojevich Senate Seat Sale and corruption scandal as the Illinois' Attorney General Lisa Madigan appealed to the state Supeme Court to remove the disgraced Governor from...

Jesse Jackson Hospitalized With Stomach Pains

The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized after complaining of stomach pains, a spokeswoman for Northwestern Memorial Hospital said Thursday. Hospital representative Latoya Porter said Jackson admitted himself...

‘COUNTRY FIST’ Appropriate Slogan for Obama

“COUNTRY FIRST” is the theme, appropriately enough, of this week’s Republican National Convention taking place at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.  Stories about John McCain’s heroic service...

GET POLITICAL with VIC LIVINGSTON (Opinion): Did Hillary Contributors at Th...

NEW YORKER EDITOR HAD "NO PROBLEM" WITH STAFF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS, BECAUSE "THEIR OPINIONS ARE OUT THERE." SO WHAT ROLE DID HILLARY BACKERS PLAY IN APPROVING THAT CONTROVERSIAL FIST-BUMP CARICATURE?Satire only sticks when it strikes a chord; and the biting New Yorker...

Jesse Jackson Targeted For Obama Comments, Pleads "Give Me A Break"

"Rev. Jesse Jackson's negative remarks about Barack Obama has everyone from Katie Couric to Spike Lee to protestors at Rainbow PUSH speaking out, now the reverend is pleading for ''a break''."

GET POLITICAL with VIC LIVINGSTON: Was Jesse's Cutting Blow Really Billary's...

Over at the Washington Post, the "Fixster" blogger is asking his usual Friday question:  Who won the week?  Here at nowpublic.com, the answer is sharp-edged:  Hillary Rodham Clinton,...

Rapper Nas To Jesse Jackson, 'Your Time Is Up, We Got Barack Obama'

"Nas says Jesse Jackson's ''time is up'' and quote, ''he's the biggest player hater'' after Jackson was caught on videotape making negative comments about Obama."

Jesse Jackass

"So Jesse Jackson wants to cut Obama’s nuts off (among other unprintable things) because he is attacking black men. This is precisely the type of attitude that you would expect from Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, et al. This is simple racket protection. Jesse Jackson’s...

How Obama became the "Black Candidate"

When former-Clinton supporters switch sides to support Obama based onthe merits of a "historical race" or "movement" people making a "giantleap" as did John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat did.When 50 Cent switches sides to support Obama and says "I’m Obama to the end now,...

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton’s Obama Problem

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton has pointedly stated that Democrats are ignoring the race issue in the US. The logic of this assault to some degree excuses the Republican field of candidates who all but ignored...

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