https://www.scmp.com/rss/522861/feed The latest news and top stories on Reverend Al Sharpton. Known for his advocacy for African-American rights and social justice, he is a prominent figure in the civil rights movement. He founded the National Action Network in 1991, an organisation dedicated to progressive social policies including police reform, voting rights and education equality. Sharpton has been instrumental in numerous high-profile cases involving racial injustice and police misconduct. He also hosts a national radio show... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to expand his military deployments to more Democratic-led cities, responding to an offer by Maryland’s governor to join him in a tour of Baltimore by saying he might instead “send in the troops”. Last week, Trump said he was considering Chicago and New York for troop deployments similar to what he has unleashed on the nation’s capital, where thousands of National Guard and federal police officers are patrolling the streets. Trump made the threat to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323005/trump-expands-cities-targeted-possible-military-deployment-baltimore?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3323005/trump-expands-cities-targeted-possible-military-deployment-baltimore?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 23:09:27 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jnr, despite opposition from the assassinated Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 death. The digital document dump includes more than 240,000 pages of records that had been under a court-imposed seal since 1977, when the FBI first gathered the records and turned them over to the National Archives and Records Administration. In a lengthy statement released on... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319069/us-releases-fbi-records-martin-luther-king-jnr-despite-his-familys-opposition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3319069/us-releases-fbi-records-martin-luther-king-jnr-despite-his-familys-opposition?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Jul 2025 22:55:01 +0000