City looks at hosting Democrats' convention
The Charlotte Observer - Wed Dec 2, 6:34 am ETCould Charlotte host the next Democratic National Convention ?
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Could Charlotte host the next Democratic National Convention ?
Could Charlotte host the next Democratic National Convention ?
DENVER—Six trout were caught – one over the legal limit of five – and some license plate numbers were recorded by law enforcement during a recent fish-in at a lake in South Dakota, according to a long-time Native activist.
Sen. Bob Casey is a hero to pro-life Democrats.
Nashville attorney and longtime Democratic activist Dave Garrison has been named treasurer of the Tennessee Democratic Party.
Morning all. Ethical clouds aren't clearing quickly for D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray . WaTimes reports that DCRA is demanding that Gray apply for permits for minor renovations done over the summer---done by a subsidiary of politically connected megadeveloper William C. Smith & Co.---as well as a fence and garage door installed some time ago.
FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2008, file photo, Michele S. Jones, the first female Sgt. Maj. of the U.S. Army, speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Jones, a special assistant to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, said in a written statement issued through the White House on Monday evening, Nov. 30, 2009, that she never said or implied she would get Michaele and Tareq Salahi into the ...
Cody native and Wyoming first lady Nancy Freudenthal has a chance to make state judicial history.
D.C. City Council Chairman Vincent Gray is the focus of two investigations being conducted by the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance. The investigations are looking into two separate allegations of wrongdoing.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jesse Milan, Jr. steps down after seven years serving as Board Chairman for the Black AIDS Institute. Milan, replaced by incoming Chairman A.
Columbia has historically been a liberal institution, from its founding in 1890 to its resurrection in the 1960s during a peak of political change. As an open-admissions college, Columbia attracted freethinking students and professors that cultivated an open mindset. Former Executive Vice President Albert Gall was even arrested during Chicago’s infamous 1968 Democratic National Convention. This ...
For the 50th anniversary of the founding of Motown Records, The Associated Press over a period of months invited stars from the fields of music, politics and film to visit Studio A to talk about how the Detroit musical movement has...
It was August 2008 and the New Jersey Education Association, the powerful teachers union, was at the zenith of its influence. The union’s then-president was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, hobnobbing with the country’s political elite: senators, business...
In 1964, when a coalition of African Americans that included Fannie Lou Hamer challenged the credentials committee at the Democratic National Convention , Memphian Alzada Clark was among them.It was a time when Mrs. Clark worked as a union organizer, squaring off with the Mississippi power structure to fight for the rights of workers in furniture factories and at other low-paying jobs.She died ...
For the victims, it was a terrifying experience — somebody shouts "get that white boy" and then they are surrounded by teens and young adults spitting out racial taunts, laughing, pummeling them with fists and kicking them in the head.
Local supporters of President Barack Obama are undeterred by his order to send more troops to Afghanistan, despite criticism by liberals and some Democrats that he betrayed his political base.
Over the past 18 months, a growing and broad network of friends, scientists, lawyers and writers staged a vigorous campaign in the media and online on behalf of Amanda Knox. The guilty verdict, entered by an Italian court, was not for a lack of trying.
CHEYENNE -- President Barack Obama has nominated Wyoming first lady Nancy Freudenthal to a federal court judgeship.
DENVER (AP) - The slaying of a Colorado prosecutor, which police say garnered little public attention because it happened during last year's Democratic National Convention, will be featured on "America's Most Wanted."
The billionaire talk show host descended on the White House on Thursday, accompanied by a giant array of personnel and equipment, to interview President Barack Obama for her coming prime-time Christmas television special.
An aerial view of the Atlantic City Boardwalk, between Melrose Avenue and Caspian Avenue as seen from The Flagship.