To the Point
Labor Day and the Democratic Party
With the Democratic Convention underway tomorrow, we discuss the Party's unsettled relations with organized labor and about the issue of race in America.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThis week, To the Point is in Charlotte, North Carolina, where the Democratic National Convention gets underway tomorrow. We discuss the Party's unsettled relations with organized labor and about the issue of race since the election of America's first black president. Also, a new poll finds that the Republican convention changed few minds.
Banner image: A man carries a sign reading "Bring Jobs Home" as he marches in the Charlotte Labor Day Parade ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina September 3, 2012. Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters
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3 storiesRepublican Convention Changes Few Minds
It's been several days since the gavel fell on the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Did the convention give Mitt Romney what political pros call a "bounce" in the opinions of likely voters? Frank Newport is Editor in Chief of the Gallup Poll .
Read the story8 minThe Democrats and Organized Labor
In Cleveland on this Labor Day, President Obama spoke to an audience of United Auto Workers.
Read the story24 minAmerica's First Black President and the 'False Promise of Integration'
As we wait for the re-nomination of America's first black president, it's worth pointing out that Charlotte was a focal point of the Civil Rights movement and integration.
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