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Other speakers in Kirkland’s series have included Reverend Al Sharpton, Mass. Senator John Kerry, and former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean...

Author: By Derrick Asiedu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Matthews Speaks at Kirkland | 12/9/2009 | See Source »

...post-funeral reception, attended by Jackson family members as well as producer music mogul Quincy Jones and the Rev. Al Sharpton, was held at nearby restaurant Villa Sorriso. It ran a tab of $21,455. The passed tray food, including tidbits like bruschetta, fruit skewers, beef satay and ratatouille, was one of the party's cheapest features at $4,200. (See pictures of Neverland Ranch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Michael Jackson's $1 Million Funeral: The Breakdown | 11/11/2009 | See Source »

...Bush a third term in education." Duncan counters that he is merely breaking down walls--borrowing a little bit from the left, a little bit from the right. "I just want to do what works," says Duncan, who is planning a multicity listening tour with Newt Gingrich and Al Sharpton. "There are great ideas everywhere along the political spectrum, and there are terrible ideas. But that's never how I've viewed the world. I view it in terms of, What's good for the kids at 46th and Greenwood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Arne Duncan (And $5 Billion) Fix America's Schools? | 9/14/2009 | See Source »

...achieve their short-term and long-term goals." Over the weekend, Secretary Duncan called the controversy "silly" and press secretary Robert Gibbs said, "If staying in school is a political message, then somebody should tell the NBA." Even Newt Gingrich (who will be joining Duncan and the Rev. Al Sharpton on a multicity speaking tour this fall to call attention to the nation's achievement gap) came out in support of the address. And while many opponents were unmoved, the furor seems on the verge of dying down. Just in time for school to start...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After a School Brawl, Obama Talks to Kids | 9/8/2009 | See Source »

...There were also the old standbys - Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. But by and large, this was not the sort of group you'd expect to see leading a Jena Six rally. Gates himself is more a Cosby conservative than a rabble-rouser; he once wrote, "Are white racists forcing black teenagers to drop out of school or to have babies?" And though he studies race for a living, he's not particularly interested in being divisive or controversial. In short, he's one of the last people you'd expect to be led off his front porch in bracelets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Henry Louis Gates Affair: When Race Matters | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

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