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BLACK ENTERPRISE President & CEOEarl Butch Graves Jr. joined Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBCs Politics Nation Sunday night to discuss black voting, environmental racism, and the importance of local elections.

With just two months until the midterm elections, Black men and women across the country must be prepared to vote. Graves discussed the role Black media plays in educating Black people on candidates, their platforms, and which races are important.

Black media has to be out informing our people about the importance of voting and why its so important because what is taking place in Georgia and Texas where theyre standing in the way of people getting out to vote will have an impact for dozens of years if we dont come out in strong numbers, the Black Enterprise CEO told Sharpton.

Black Americans were largely credited with helping President Joe Biden win the state of Georgia in the 2020 presidential election. Additionally, Black residents in the Peach State helped Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoffwin their state senate runoffs, giving Democrats control of the Senate.

The two men also discussed environmental racism, climate change, and the fact that the city of Jackson, Mississippi is in its third week without water. Graves talked about how climate change disproportionately affects Black and Latin Americans.

The environmental issues disproportionately impact Black and Brown communities and so we cant just focus on things having to do with police violence or other things that we deem important, not that theyre not important, but we have to understand that all of these things when they vote against having EPA segments and restraints on things having to do with pollution, the aftermath of that is what you see in Jackson, Graves said, adding that Black politicians have been warning Mississippi this would happen for at least a decade.

Sharpton concluded the segment by asking Graves how Black men and women participating in local elections can help the recovery of Black businesses, which fell by 40% at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

We have to vote for those people who are going to take care of us and the reality is thats not often been the case, Graves said.

Having Black politicians to represent us in local races, in midterm races, we need to see a population of politicians that is representative of the population in general and thats not what we see. it is imperative that we get out and vote for people that look like us, that represent us and Black-owned media will play a substantial role in making sure that happens.

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Not even Sylvias famous soul food can get the Rev. Al Sharpton to break his strict one meal a day diet of kale salad with boiled eggs, tomatoes, cucumbers.

The reverend was spotted at the iconic Harlem eatery last weekend, and he told us he brought his own kale salad, cuz I know they dont have kale there, he said.

Sharpton told us he started eating one meal a day about four years ago.

I eat around noon every day, and thats it. I have the salad and at night, I may have one slice of whole wheat toast because my doctor said I have to have some kind of protein, he said.

Sharpton was at Sylvias celebrating with his daughter Dominique, who was recently eliminated from the celebrity reality show, Claim to Fame, in which contestants guess over celebrity connections or offspring.

[Watching her on TV] was surreal they had no idea who she was, he gushed. I never wanted my kids to be just Al Sharptons daughter. I wanted her to be on her own, and shes doing that, he said.

Sharpton and Dominique were wrapping up a rally in Harlem for his National Action Network organization, when Rev. Jessie Jackson surprised them and suggested, we take Dominique out, Sharpton said.

He then called the restaurant and asked if he could bring his kale salad. Sharpton quipped, they broke soul food etiquette, by letting him in with the dish.

But, we went over to Sylvias, and they ordered all the soul food they wanted and I ate my kale salad, he said.

Working out and eating kale has helped Sharpton stay lean.

At my height maybe 15 years ago I weighed 305 pounds. Today, Im 132 pounds. I just made up my mind, and I just did it. Cold turkey, he said.

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Im not sure what Bible Rev. Al Sharpton has been reading

On Thursday Sharpton joined Chris Jansing Reports to answer questions about abortion.

Sharpton stated that the Bible is all about choices and because the Bible is all about choices people should have the choice of whether or not to have an abortion.

In Mathew 7:15 it says Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.

The false prophets nowadays wont be wearing red outfits and devils horns but rather expensive suits and big words.

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President of National Action Network and MSNBC PoliticsNation host Al Sharpton joined Chris Jansing Reports on Thursday to discuss abortion and religion. Sharpton didnt understand how one could be a good Christian and be pro-life because, according to him, the Bible is about choice.

Jansing led Sharpton with some polling data, there was a Gallup poll back, I think it was the fall of 2020 showing the black committee has slowly become more accepting of abortion over the past couple of decades, but there are deeply held religious beliefs playing into this, especially with older black voters who are incredibly reliable and incredibly important to Democrats. So, how should Democrats be thinking about this? Because obviously they want and need to hold onto those voters.

Sharpton urged Democrats to message it in a way that it is about choice. Its not about saying Im voting that I support abortion or not.

For Sharpton, the choice is not between abortion and no abortion, but whether theyre going to have a safe abortion. We always had abortions, but we had these back alley, very risky abortions and were saying that rather than have people in those situations, they should be able to choose whether or not they want to do, even if it is something that I do not believe in.

Turning to the religious question, Sharpton claimed, The Bible, if youre using this as a religious argument, the Bible is about choice. You can go to heaven or hell. Theres nowhere in the Bible that says you had to go to heaven.

One hopes that when presenting the question of heaven and hell to his congregation, Sharpton does not go full relativist as he did here. The man who goes around portraying himself as a civil rights leader also failed to realize that owning slaves was also once considered a perfectly normal and legal choice.

Blind to that, Sharpton continued, So, where do we get this theology of forcing something when the reality is you cant even Biblically base that. Its a question of choice. If you are a minister, as I am, you can preach to people to convert them, you do not make laws to compel them.

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The Rev. Al Sharpton is urging American financial technology company PayPal to end its partnership with the NBAs Phoenix Suns and its owner,Robert Sarver,who is facing allegations of racism and misogyny.

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Mr. Sarvers leadership has been riddled with credible allegations of racism, misogyny, and harboring a toxic work environment.

Sharpton, the founder and CEO of the National Action Network, noted that PayPal has made significant contributions to fighting institutional racism and advancing diversity and inclusion in the aftermath of the nationwide protests and unrest following the police murder of George Floyd in May 2020.

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Yet, PayPal has continued to do business with Robert Sarver, who is a known perpetrator of racism and hate, and is now expanding its business relationship with Mr. Sarver internationally, Sharpton added in his letter. {snip}

Sharptons letter comes after the NBA announced in Novemberthat it had launchedan investigation into the Suns organization and Sarvers conduct following an ESPN report that detailed allegation of racist and misogynistic behavior toward coaches, players and employees.

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The world will bid a final "goodbye and thank you, Ma'am" to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at her state funeral on Monday, September 19 at London's Westminster Abbey.

While the service for Her Majesty, who passed away September 8, will be attended by 2,000 family, friends, dignitaries, and heads of state, the event is expected to draw a record 4.1 billion viewers from around the world.

In the United States, every major network, broadcast outlet, and streaming service will provide coverage. And in Austin, viewers will need to get up before the sun to tune in live. The funeral starts at 5 am local time, with many noteworthy events happening before and after it (see schedule, below).

Here is a complete guide to the network, cable, and streaming service coverage, per the L.A. Times and Hollywood Reporter. (All times are local to Austin.)

Networks (television and streaming):

Cable networks (television and streaming):

Other streaming options:

Schedule of events

The funeral service itself will begin at 11 am in London (BST), which is 5 am in Austin (CDT). The service is expected to last about an hour, but it's preceded and followed by other events that also will be broadcast. Here is a schedule of events for the day, according to this handy guide from BBC. All times below are CDT.

12:30 am: The Queen's lying-in-state at Westminster Hall will end. Hundreds of thousands (including soccer legend David Beckham) have been "queueing up" and waiting in line up to 14 hours to walk by her coffin and pay their respects. The BBC is live-streaming the lying-in-state here.

2 am: The doors of Westminster Abbey will open for guests to begin arriving for the state funeral. Heads of state including U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend, as will royal family members from across Europe (many of whom were blood relatives of the Queen). Find the guest list here.

4:44 am: About 15 minutes before the funeral, the Queen's coffin will be carried, via gun carriage, from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey. Senior members of the royal family (including King Charles and princes William and Harry) will follow the coffin in the procession.

5 am: The funeral at Westminster Abbey begins. It will be presided over by the Dean of Westminster David Hoyle and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.

5:55 am: Near the end of the funeral, a bugle call called "Last Post" will be played, and two minutes of silence will be observed nationally across the UK. Then the "new" national anthem "God Save the King" will be sung and a lament will be played by the Queen's piper.

6:15 am: A walking procession including military bands and members of the armed services will draw the coffin from the Abbey to Wellington Arch.

7 am: The coffin will be transferred to a state hearse for its final journey to Windsor.

9 am: The state hearse will arrive in Windsor for a walking procession up Windsor Castle's Long Walk. Members of the armed forces will line the three-mile route, and members of the royal family will meet the cortege outside the castle.

10 am: The coffin will enter St. George's Chapel for a committal service attended by a congregation of 800. At the conclusion of the 45-minute service, the Queen's coffin will be lowered into the royal vault, and the royal family will leave the chapel. The service will include many traditions symbolizing the end of the Queen's reign, including the removal of the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's orb and scepter from the top of the coffin. (Read more about what to expect here.)

1:30 pm: The Queen will be buried together with her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the King George VI memorial chapel inside St. George's Chapel. The private ceremony is just for family, and it is unclear whether any part of it will be made public.

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