In a surprise maneuver, President Obama posed an amendemnt to the Party Platform, adding language recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The platform had already been approved and ratified by the convention delegates the day before.
Read MoreThe recently formed group Cuban-Americans for Engagement (CAFÉ) has sent a letter with some 800 signatures to both the Republican and Democratic Party National Committees urging a shift in US-Cuba policy.
Read MoreOne of the first acts of civil disobedience at the Democratic National Convention took place Tuesday just outside the Time Warner Cable Center when a group of 10 undocumented activists rode into uptown Charlotte aboard the “No Papers, No Fear–Ride for Justice” bus and blocked traffic.
Read MoreThe Cuban government on Tuesday confirmed its active support for dialogue in the peace process opened between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), according to an official statement by the Cuban Foreign Ministry.
Read MoreA busload of more than 40 undocumented immigrants and their supporters known as the Undocubus has arrived in Charlotte after traveling more than 2,000 miles, through 11 states, to deliver a message to President Barack Obama and the Democrats under the slogan of “No Papers, No Fear.”
Read MoreI went to the Women’s Caucus at the Democratic National Convention thinking that it would be a working session in which delegates would discuss the Party’s agenda from a female perspective and as it pertains to women’s issues. But that was not at all the case.
Read MoreAfter the Labor Day parade yesterday, the festivities continued in Charlotte, NC, home of the Democractic Convention. Actor and musician Jeff Bridges explained that he is currently on a tour raising funds to ensure that children in the US don’t go hungry. (15 photos)
Read MoreExploratory talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerilla organization were held in Venezuela and Cuba, reported the AFP, citing information published Sunday by the El Tiempo newspaper in Bogota.
Read MoreWe spend the hour looking at the bloody struggle to obtain — and protect — voting rights in the U.S. with the civil rights icon, now 13-term Georgia congressmember, John Lewis. During the 1960s, Rep. Lewis was arrested more than 40 times and beaten almost to death…
Read MoreAs Mitt Romney formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday night, four activists from the group CODEPINK interrupted him throughout, calling for money out of politics and a return to democracy. CODEPINK has been protesting every day at this week’s convention, including Wednesday night’s speech by vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan.
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