• Newsletters
  • Donate now
  • CITY LIFE
    • Out Here
    • Public Service Announcement
    • Shop Local
    • Street View
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: City Life
    • Best of Chicago: Buy Local
    • Best of Chicago: Cannabis
    • Best of Chicago: Sports & Recreation
  • NEWS & POLITICS
    • News
    • Features
    • En español
    • Podcasts
      • The Ben Joravsky Show
      • Chicago Queer & Now
  • COLUMNS & OPINION
    • Anthony Ehlers: On Prisons
    • John Greenfield: On Transportation
    • Deanna Isaacs: On Culture
    • Ben Joravsky: On Politics
    • The Ben Joravsky Show
    • Dan Savage: Savage Love
    • Opinion
  • MUSIC
    • Music Features
    • Chicagoans of Note
    • Gossip Wolf
    • The Listener
    • The Secret History of Chicago Music
    • Music Reviews
    • Concert Previews
    • Early Warnings
    • Music listings community calendar
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: Music & Nightlife
    • Chicago in Tune guide
    • Bull Horn (paid sponsored content)
  • ARTS & CULTURE
    • Summer Theater & Arts Preview
    • Features
    • Theater
    • Dance
    • Visual arts
    • Book reviews
    • Ghost Light by Kerry Reid
    • The Sound Issue
    • Best of Chicago: Arts & Culture
    • Arts listings community calendar
  • FILM
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Small Screen
    • Archives
  • FOOD & DRINK
    • The Drinks Issue
    • Features
    • Reviews
    • Best of Chicago: Food & Drink
    • Sommelier Series (paid sponsored content)
  • READER
    • About
      • Contact
      • Staff
      • Careers
    • Newsletters
    • Find a print copy
      • Print subscriptions
    • Advertise
    • Donate
    • Become a member
    • Contests
    • Reader Store
    • Classifieds
      • Matches
    • Nonprofit Guide
    • Reader 50
    • Best of Chicago
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS
Skip to content
Chicago Reader

Chicago Reader

Chicago’s alternative nonprofit newsroom

Donate now
  • »
  • Summer Theater & Arts Preview
  • The Pride Issue
  • Latest issue
  • Reader 50
  • Nonprofit Guide
  • En español
  • Contests
  • Reader Store
  • Advertise
Home » Al Sharpton

Tag: Al Sharpton

Posted inBlogs

Springfield’s ongoing feuding with CPS could stop funding for other Illinois schools if a deal isn’t reached soon, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 14, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, an audit shows that Chicago’s pension crisis has gotten worse but the city has more cash.

Posted inBlogs

Never forget Mayor Rahm’s Willie Wilson challenge

by Ben Joravsky January 9, 2015August 18, 2021

How a rag-tag team of Rickey Hendon, Frank Avila, and Andy Finko defeated Mayor Rahm’s attempt to knock Willie Wilson off the ballot

Posted inBlogs

Mayor Rahm searches for his inner Al Sharpton

by Ben Joravsky December 4, 2014August 18, 2021

Not long after handing over up to $17 million in school funds to a bunch of bankers, Mayor Rahm throws a bone to Chicago’s lowest-paid workers—just in time for February’s election.

Keith Richardson, an activist who wants to renew the fight against crime and unemployment, plans to be part of the August 28 anniversary march in Washington.
Posted inNews & Politics

A new generation of activists fights injustice, from school cuts to Trayvon Martin

by Mick Dumke August 21, 2013August 19, 2021

March on Washington anniversary: A new generation of activists fights for change, from school cuts to Trayvon Martin.

Posted inBlogs

Chicagoans Heading to DC for This Weekend’s Glenn Beck vs. Al Sharpton Civil Rights Showdown

by Lauri Apple August 27, 2010August 19, 2021

“Restoring Honor” and “Reclaiming the Dream” on August 28.

Posted inBlogs

School daze

by Mick Dumke August 11, 2008August 19, 2021

The school boycott plan by Reverend and state Senator James Meeks is gathering supporters, including Al Sharpton.

Get the Reader's free daily newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday.

Latest Stories

Lawyers for Social Justice Reception

benefitting The Reader Institute for Community Journalism, Publisher of the Chicago Reader
by Chicago Reader

Mister Goblin beefs up his heart-on-sleeve indie rock with Chicago collaborators

by Leor Galil

American music, Black Pride, and the Chosen Few

Things to do and see in the next seven days
by Kerry Reid, Micco Caporale and Salem Collo-Julin

The Black Phone

by Noah Berlatsky

Olga

by Dmitry Samarov
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Best of Chicago 2021

About the Chicago Reader
Reader Staff
Reader Careers
Freelance Information
Contact Us
Become a member
Donate

Advertise

Find the Paper
Subscribe
Shop the Reader Store
Contests/Giveaways/Promotions

Reader Classifieds

Reader Matches

Chicago Reader Nonprofit Guide

Get our free newsletters

Privacy Policy | Terms of Use

© 2022 Chicago Reader. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic