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WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- Bend the Arc Jewish Action PAC on Thursday, July 28, announced its endorsement of Hillary Clinton for President of the United States. Bend the Arc Jewish Action CEO Stosh Cotler issued the following statement: “We are excited to join President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders and other leading

PHILADELPHIA — President Barack Obama forcefully made the case Wednesday that Hillary Clinton has the tenacity, heart and temperament to guide the nation as commander in chief, while painting Donald Trump as a candidate of cynicism and fear unfit for the office. “There has never been a man or a woman” more qualified to be

PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Clinton already has a powerhouse sales force: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Michelle Obama and Bill Clinton. On Wednesday night, Tim Kaine joined the team. And he had one of the bigger jobs: trying to balance the ticket and attract voters while distinguishing himself from his more famous allies. As he introduced himself

PHILADELPHIA — Democrats are messing with your mind at this convention. Republicans last week did, too. Democrats are making sure that their star speakers stand in front of soothing colors. They speak on a set that’s wide open and welcoming. Behind them are slogans that the party wants you to associate with Hillary Clinton. It’s

PHILADELPHIA — Former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg hit Donald Trump on Wednesday night where it hurts: in his business portfolio. The political independent, showing up at the Democratic National Convention to lend his support to Hillary Clinton, called Trump a “dangerous demagogue” and said he spoke from experience when he described the Manhattan

Abortion rights activists were on the defensive last year, pummeled by conservatives and Republicans in Congress after a series of anti-abortion sting videos stirred controversy, ultimately debunked, about Planned Parenthood. But the movement has come roaring back in 2016, and nowhere is this more obvious than at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Groups such

This article was originally published in The Conversation. Read the original article. Hillary Clinton, the first woman presidential nominee of any major party, has a lifetime of experience in fighting for the rights of children and families. She draws on the inspiration from her mother’s Dickensian childhood. President Obama and Hillary Clinton appeared on the

PHILADELPHIA — At an LGBT delegate luncheon Wednesday, Chelsea Clinton lit into the Republicans, calling the rhetoric out of their convention in Cleveland “divisive, degrading, demeaning.” “I thought about what I found most offensive last week — it’s hard to pick just one part,” the soft-spoken Clinton said, stepping into the convention spotlight in a

Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who is known for the 2008 Harvey Milk biopic Milk, said he first visited Philadelphia as a “closeted student,” and while there came to the realization that the U.S. Constitution probably wasn’t written for people like him. Decades later, the Academy Award winner returned to the city of brotherly love and