Once again the streets are filled with electoral campaign materials; though to tell the truth, the streets of Caracas are always filled with all types of publicity, including political ads of course. (31 photos)
Read MoreSchool is out in Chicago for a second day, as public school teachers continue their first strike in 25 years. Almost 30,000 teachers and their support staff have walked out over reforms sought by the city’s powerful mayor, Rahm Emanuel, who is President Obama’s former chief of staff.
Read MoreAs Occupy Wall Street prepares to mark its first anniversary, members of Occupy Austin have discovered that their arrests on felony charges after a protest last December are directly linked to equipment provided by a police detective who infiltrated their group.
Read MorePalestinians protest the sharp increase of the cost of living putting the Palestinian government in a political crises, meanwhile Israeli military abducts a number of Palestinians in the West Bank, these stories and more, coming up, stay tuned.
Read MoreAs President Obama accepts the Democratic nomination to seek four more years in the White House, we host a debate on his presidency with Glen Ford of Black Agenda Report and Michael Eric Dyson, professor at Georgetown University and author of numerous books.
Read MoreThe Cuban government is protecting the identity of its delegates participating as “guarantors” in the peace talks between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas.
Read MoreIn fact, not one of the more than 10 delegates I spoke with at the convention had read the platform they ratified. One young delegate didn’t even know what I meant by the word “platform”.
Read MoreControversy erupted at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday when party leaders forced through a platform change to reinstate references to God and the view that Jerusalem is Israel’s undivided capital.
Read MoreThe Democratic Party of US on Wednesday made public its official statement in support of an international homage for the deceased Cuban political opponent Oswaldo Paya.
Read MoreIn three days of speeches by dozens of Congressmembers, governors, mayors, public figures, and carefully chosen members of the public the environment has been mentioned a grand total of one time. What’s more, it was not a Democrat who spoke up for Mother Earth either.
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