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NEW YORK — After several weeks in a tryout role, the Rev. Al Sharpton has officially been named host of a weeknight hour on MSNBC.
The program, now called “PoliticsNation,” will air at 4 p.m. MDT and premieres Monday, the network announced Tuesday.
In his new role, the civil-rights activist and minister will lead a lively and informed discussion of the day’s top headlines, MSNBC said.
Sharpton called the hosting job “a natural extension of my life work and growth.”
Besides his work as a community leader and religious figure, Sharpton, 56, already hosts a nationally syndicated radio show. He was a candidate for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination that eventually went to U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts. The Associated Press
