by Michael Cooper | Jul 29, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, Democrats, DNC 2016, Features |
“There was a time when the church was very powerful,” wrote Martin Luther King, Jr. from inside the Birmingham jail. A time when, “early Christians rejoiced at being deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed.” “In those days,”...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 29, 2016 | DNC 2016, Editor's Blog
Last night, Hillary Clinton closed the deal. Democrats spent the previous three days setting up her moment and she gave the speech she needed to give. Now, she needs to keep her momentum to win in November. Democrats arrived in Philadelphia in a state chaos. Email...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 28, 2016 | DNC 2016, Editor's Blog |
Yesterday, Democrats had a remarkably good day and Donald Trump had a remarkably bad one. In Philadelphia, speaker after speaker, laid into Trump as an untrustworthy con man unfit to serve as President of the United States. Barack Obama ended the night with a speech...
by Michael Cooper | Jul 28, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, Democrats, DNC 2016, Features
Barack Obama never attended Donald Trump’s wedding and had no history with the man until the rise of birtherism. Now Trump runs for the presidency against Obama’s record, claiming America isn’t great. So this election is personal. It’s about...
by Michael Cooper | Jul 27, 2016 | Democrats, DNC 2016, Features, Politics |
It was hard not to get emotional watching women older than their right to vote nominating Hillary Clinton on the floor of the Democratic National Convention. It was almost as hard not to tear up watching Bernie’s brother cast his vote in the city of brotherly...
by Michael Cooper | Jul 27, 2016 | Democrats, DNC 2016, Features, Politics |
Bill Clinton was good Tuesday night, but not in the ways we expected, and unlike 2012, when we knew in the moment, we won’t know whether he truly helped his wife until Election Night. The Big Dog was soft spoken, patient, almost weary, taking over 40 minutes to...
