--- title: Al Sharpton | TIME description: Rev. Al Sharpton is a writer, civil rights activist, the founder of the National Action Network and host of "PoliticsNation" on MSNBC. canonical: https://time.com/author/al-sharpton/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/al-sharpton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Al Sharpton ## Al Sharpton _Rev. Al Sharpton is a writer, civil rights activist, the founder of the_ [_National Action Network_](https://nationalactionnetwork.net/) _and host of "PoliticsNation" on MSNBC._ ## Al Sharpton *  Aug 27, 2020 ### [Why the Election Is a Test of Faith](https://time.com/5884067/christian-voters-2020-election/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 19, 2019 ### [Al Sharpton on the Invaluable Activism of Juanita Abernathy](https://time.com/5681005/al-sharpton-juanita-abernathy-obituary/) Activist's activist [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/al-sharpton/","name":"Al Sharpton"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/al-sharpton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/al-sharpton/"},"name":"Al Sharpton","jobTitle":null,"description":"Rev. Al Sharpton is a writer, civil rights activist, the founder of the National Action Network and host of \"PoliticsNation\" on MSNBC.","url":"https://time.com/author/al-sharpton/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```