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5 Questions For: MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry on political diversity and being ‘better off’
This year’s political convention season, says MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry, got complicated. Although she is in Charlotte for the Democratic National Convention this week, she missed going to Tampa, Florida last week for its Republican counterpart because real life got in the way. Hurricane Isaac’s path, which initially threatened the…
LIVE VIDEO AND BLOG: Democratic National Convention speeches
The Democratic National Convention dives into its second day of speeches on Wednesday in Charlotte, North Carolina. Featured speakers include New York Sen. Charles Schumer, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards, outgoing Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank, Colorado Gov.…
5 questions for: Anti-abortion activists who say ‘drunk’ Democrats support ‘whores killing babies’
While most protesters at the 2012 Democratic National Convention were forced to enter a lottery and have be confined to “free speech” zones, a group of anti-abortion activists have circumvented the official rules, displaying large signs and blaring messages — like “sluts are whores are killing babies”– directly outside the…
Michelle Obama: Election about ‘how we want our democracy to function for decades to come’
In her first public appearance after her widely-acclaimed Democratic National Convention speech on Tuesday in Charlotte, First Lady Michelle Obama told the Democratic Convention’s African-American Caucus that this year’s election was about more than simply electing her husband: it was about what America would be in the future. Speaking to…
Jon Stewart’s team takes on Charlotte’s local culture
As Jon Stewart and his Daily Show crew descended on North Carolina – “one of the country’s top Carolinas,” he called it – he sent his band of correspondents into the city to get their take on the Democratic National Convention’s host city Tuesday night. Stationed at the NASCAR Hall…
Julian Castro: Invest in opportunity today for prosperity tomorrow
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro made history on Tuesday night by becoming the first Hispanic man to deliver the keynote speech at Democratic National Convention. “My family’s story isn’t special,” he said. “What’s special is the America that makes our story possible. Ours is a nation like no other, a…
5 Questions For: Southern atheists at the Democratic Convention with mixed feelings about Obama
A majority of Americans said for the first time in 2011 that they would vote for an atheist for president, but a large group of Southern non-believers at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday told Raw Story that the country had also regressed during President Barack Obama’s first term. Three…
LIVE BLOG AND VIDEO: Democratic National Convention convenes in Charlotte
The Democratic National Convention opens on Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Democratic speaker lineup tonight includes: Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, Democratic National Convention Chair Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Newark Mayor Corey Booker, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of…
Labor rights leader: ‘Anything is negotiable’ when ‘the rich man’s’ money is threatened
The founder of the AFL-CIO’s Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) on Monday called on activists and workers to target the cash flow of corporations in the South that resist labor organizing. Appearing at the Southern Workers Assembly outside the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte on Monday, FLOC President Baldemar Velasquez…
Protesters march in Charlotte ahead of Democratic Convention
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…
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