Around 800 protesters marched through downtown Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday ahead of the Democratic National Convention. Like the “Occupy Wall Street” protests that have occurred around the country, the demonstration in Charlotte attracted a wide variety of causes. Protesters decried the deregulated financial system, corporate corruption, overseas wars and…
Labor organizer and author Jane McAlevey said Monday that unions’ experience in Wisconsin last year showed the need for political education. “I think the top lesson in our view is that there is not enough internal radical, political education taking place inside of America’s unions,” she told Laura Flanders. “If…
The chairman of the California Democratic Party said Monday that Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) Republican National Convention (RNC) speech contained such a “big lie” that it seem to be ripped from the playbook of Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels. “They lie and they don’t care if people think they lie,” Calif.…
Paul Ryan holds a rally at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Watch live, broadcast on MSNBC on Sept. 3. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s appearance on CBS This Morning was part of a media blitz by Democratic Party officials to re-frame their response to the question of whether Americans are better off now than they were four years ago. “When you’re unemployed, you’re struggling,” said Villaraigosa, who will chair…