http://www.mail.com/people/93000-al-sharpton.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/93000-al-sharpton.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2071844-sharpton-meeting-with-pepsico-positive.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Officials with PepsiCo Inc. apologized during a meeting Wednesday with relatives of civil rights icon Emmett Till who were offended by a rapper who had a promotional deal with the company, the Rev. Al Sharpton said. Sharpton said a statement that the morning meeting he brokered at company headquarters in Purchase, N.Y., was "positi... Wed, 08 May 2013 19:45:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2071844-sharpton-meeting-with-pepsico-positive.html 2013-05-08T19:45:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2069638-pepsico-agrees-to-meet-with-till-family-sharpton.html NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo Inc. officials will meet Wednesday with members of Emmett Till's family and the Rev. Al Sharpton. Sharpton continued to press for the meeting last week after the company's partnerships with Lil Wayne and Tyler, the Creator, of Odd Future to promote Mountain Dew sparked controversies. PepsiCo and Lil Wayne have since parted over cre... Wed, 08 May 2013 11:20:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2069638-pepsico-agrees-to-meet-with-till-family-sharpton.html 2013-05-08T11:20:01Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2061914-pepsico-cuts-ties-with-lil-wayne-crude-lyrics.html NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo is bowing to public pressure for the second time in a week and cutting ties with Lil Wayne over the rapper's crude lyrical reference to civil rights martyr Emmett Till. Lil Wayne, one of the biggest stars in pop music, had a deal to promote the company's Mountain Dew soda. Earlier this week, PepsiCo also pulled an online ad for the... Sat, 04 May 2013 01:13:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2061914-pepsico-cuts-ties-with-lil-wayne-crude-lyrics.html 2013-05-04T01:13:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2052110-mens-pro-sports-finally-joins-gay-rights-trend.html NEW YORK (AP) — By coming out as gay while still an active NBA player, Jason Collins breaks one of the last remaining barriers for gays and lesbians in era of constant political gains and ever-growing public acceptance. In most other realms of public life — including the military, Congress, the corporate boardroom — gays have been taking their place as eq... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:21:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2052110-mens-pro-sports-finally-joins-gay-rights-trend.html 2013-04-29T21:21:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1999474-ag-holder-wants-voting-rights-provision-upheld.html WASHINGTON (AP) — On the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's death, Attorney General Eric Holder challenged the Supreme Court to uphold a key section of the Voting Rights Act that requires all or part of 15 states with a history of discrimination to get federal clearance before carrying out changes in elections. Holder made the comments Thursday in a... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:11:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1999474-ag-holder-wants-voting-rights-provision-upheld.html 2013-04-05T01:11:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1928688-biden-leads-re-enactment-voting-rights-march.html SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts to diminish the impact of African-Americans' votes haven't stopped in the years since the 1965 Voting Rights Act added millions to Southern voter rolls. More than 5,000 people followed Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, ... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:52:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1928688-biden-leads-re-enactment-voting-rights-march.html 2013-03-04T02:52:08Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1906848-obama-calls-boehner-mcconnell-budget-cuts-loom.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Signaling an attempt to break an impasse, President Barack Obama on Thursday placed calls to House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell about the looming spending cuts set to kick in on March 1. Neither side reported progress, however, and aides taunted each other with Twitter messages. The outreach was Obama... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:56:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1906848-obama-calls-boehner-mcconnell-budget-cuts-loom.html 2013-02-21T21:56:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1906732-obama-parks-statue-dedication-powerful-moment.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the dedication in the Capitol of a statue of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks will be a "powerful moment." Obama is to speak at next Wednesday's ceremony. Parks' refusal in December 1955 to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger led to a citywide bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala., and encouraged nationwid... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:34:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1906732-obama-parks-statue-dedication-powerful-moment.html 2013-02-21T21:34:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1863698-legendary-nyc-mayor-koch-dies-monday-funeral-set.html NEW YORK (AP) — In 1977, New York City was deep into its worst fiscal crisis ever. Riots erupted that summer during a blackout. And a fire in one of the most blighted, bombed-out parts of town that fall led Howard Cosell to announce during a World Series game at Yankee Stadium: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning." Into that mess stepped Ed Koch a... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 07:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1863698-legendary-nyc-mayor-koch-dies-monday-funeral-set.html 2013-02-02T07:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861444-koch-yorks-feisty-mayor-dies-88.html NEW YORK (AP) — When Ed Koch was mayor, it seemed as if all of New York was being run by a deli counterman. Koch was funny, irritable, opinionated, often rude and prone to yelling. And it worked, for a while at least. With a Bronx-born combination of chutzpah and humor, Koch steered New York back from the brink of financial ruin and infused the city with ... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861444-koch-yorks-feisty-mayor-dies-88.html 2013-02-02T00:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1835360-beyonce-hudson-star-turns-inauguration.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Beyonce drew a loud cheer at the inauguration Monday even before her impressive rendition of the national anthem. But in the role she played four years ago singing for the president and first lady at the inaugural ball was her "Dreamgirls" co-star Jennifer Hudson. If President Barack Obama's first inaugural theme seemed to be summed up b... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1835360-beyonce-hudson-star-turns-inauguration.html 2013-01-22T04:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833288-officials-lay-wreaths-king-memorial-mall.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Dignitaries and celebrities participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall. The Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, comedian Dick Gregory and actors Jamie Foxx and Chris Tucker were among those who attended Sunday's event. Foxx told a crowd that packed th... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833288-officials-lay-wreaths-king-memorial-mall.html 2013-01-20T21:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1811446-tyler-perry-offers-100k-reward-fla-cold-cases.html NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Filmmaker Tyler Perry is offering a $100,000 reward for information in the decade-old case of two men who went missing after separate encounters with a sheriff's deputy in southwestern Florida. Perry joined the Rev. Al Sharpton and NAACP president and CEO Ben Jealous at a news conference Thursday in Naples to discuss the missing-person... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1811446-tyler-perry-offers-100k-reward-fla-cold-cases.html 2013-01-10T20:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1800498-obama-08-campaign-fined-375000-fec.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign has been fined $375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for reporting violations related to a set of donations received during the final days of the campaign. The fines are among the largest ever levied on a presidential campaign by the FEC and stem from a series of missing notices for nearly 1,2... Fri, 04 Jan 2013 22:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1800498-obama-08-campaign-fined-375000-fec.html 2013-01-04T22:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1775170-analysis-fiscal-compromise-broken-promises.html WASHINGTON (AP) — In a town of broken politics, the path to compromise is littered with broken promises. It's called governing. The rush to avoid economic calamity on Jan. 1 has President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner out to cut a deal and sell it to their parties. The goal is a middle ground that would at least halt looming tax increases on... Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1775170-analysis-fiscal-compromise-broken-promises.html 2012-12-18T21:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1719510-black-voters-to-leverage-their-loyalty.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When black voters gave President Barack Obama 93 percent support on Election Day in defiance of predictions that they might sit it out this year, black leaders breathed a collective sigh of relief. That encouraged those leaders to try to leverage more attention from both Obama and Congress. Although they waver over how much to demand fro... Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1719510-black-voters-to-leverage-their-loyalty.html 2012-11-23T07:48:00Z