Two Local Young DNC Delegates Share Their Experiences
Abby Kingsley and Nick Gaines were two of the local delegates at last week’s Democratic National Convention.
Abby Kingsley and Nick Gaines were two of the local delegates at last week’s Democratic National Convention.
Bernie Sanders’ delegates are going to raise hell on the floor of the Democratic National Convention, his own wishes be damned.
Rick Santorum swept two Southern states in Republican primaries, complicating Mitt Romney\’s status as front-runner and all but burying Newt Gingrich\’s chance for the nomination.
Delegates to a United Nations conference on nuclear proliferation walked out as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began his speech, which attacked the United States and Israel.\n
David Yahudian endured embarrassment and fear growing up in Teheran. On walks in the market, his father ordered him to tuck the Magen David necklace inside his shirt and — even worse — called him by an alias, Ali, rather than by his overtly Jewish name. Following an Israel-Iran soccer match at the 1974 Asia Games, he saw fans burning Israeli flags in the parking lot.
As the United States intensifies its war against terrorism at home and abroad, the Jewish community may be poised to serve as a bridge between the Bush administration and some of its critics in the civil liberties community.