Obama Accepts Democratic Nomination for Re-Election with Appeal for More Time to Bring Change; “Effective Evil” or Progressives’ Best Hope? Glen Ford vs. Michael Eric Dyson on Obama’s Presidency; Accepting Democratic Nomination, Obama Pledges to Revive U.S. Economy While Protecting the Environment; South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool on Obama, Miners and Confronting Islamophobia in the U.S.; Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, on Re-Electing Obama and Fighting to Protect the Vote; Ex-Mich. Gov. Jennifer Granholm: “In Romney’s World, Cars Get the Elevator, Workers Get the Shaft.”
Headlines
September 7, 2012
Labor Figures Disappoint with Just 96,000 New Jobs
Obama Accepts Nomination for Re-Election at DNC
Earthquake Kills 50, Displaces Thousands in China
U.N. Food Agency Urges Action to Avoid Crisis
Striking Miners Released from Jail in South Africa
Israeli Strikes Kill 6 in Gaza
Israeli Defense Minister: U.S.-Israel Have “Different” Clocks on Iran
Obama Talks Drone Strike Criteria, Claims “Due Process”
Colombia Rejects Ceasefire Call During Talks With Rebels
Drug War Caravan Holds NYC Vigil
Ryan: GOP Ticket Welcomes Debate on Medicare
CNN International Criticized for Keeping Bahrain Doc Off the Air
5 Killed in Bombing Near Damascus Mosque