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(Brian broadcasts live from the DNC (Ilya Marritz/WNYC))
Al Sharpton’s presidential bid promised to keep the Democratic Party focused on urban issues. His speech at the Fleet Center this week will continue this promise by bringing outsiders into the fold by promoting voter registration and political activism.
To Your Health
Dennis Rivera President of 1199 SEIU, New York's health care workers' on how the Democrats hope to fix the health care system
Hill, Bill, Jim, and Al
Joe Klein senior writer at Time Magazine on opening night at the DNC
Monday Night Madness
Anne Kornblut national political reporter for the Boston Globe gives political analysis of DNC opening night speeches
Drumming Up Support
Fernando Ferrer President of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and former Bronx Borough President and mayoral candidate from the Convention
RNC and File
Jim Dyke Communications Director for the Republican National Committee gives the Republican view of the Democratic convention
McPeak Speaks
Merrill A. "Tony" McPeak General and retired former chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force under the first President Bush on why his objections to Bush's handling of Iraq led him to support Kerry
Convention-al Wisdom
Dr. James Forbes Senior Minister of Riverside Church on the Upper West Side on his address to the Democratic National Convention
Opening Night
All parties are low in carbs. Choose on taste.
The convention opened last night with famous Americans such as Jimmy Carter, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Patti Labelle. But don’t think we got any closer to the action than any ...