The Democratic Socialists of America  hosted its biannual national convention in Evanston this weekend. The convention focused on raising awareness about the current economic crisis, addressing the health care initiative and setting the organization&...

The Democratic Socialists of America held their national convention in Evanston this weekend. Wearing buttons proclaiming "Obama's No Socialist, But I Am," the meeting brought resolutions and amendments for consideration and reveled in their vision of a "world without bosses." [ Tribune ]

The 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is being celebrated by organizing various programmes all over the world, including Nepal, on Friday.

Eschewing Barack Obama, Democratic Socialists of America plan to 'fight for causes not yet won' Marching to a different drummer who perennially draws dreamers and dissenters to Chicago, the Democratic Socialists of America came to town Friday -- or at least close. Their three-day national convention was held at an Evanston hotel.

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announces that Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the 42nd and 43rd Presidents of the United States, will appear together for a moderated discussion at the 2010 BIO International Convention, which will be held May 3-6 in Chicago, Ill. at McCormick Place.

Denver is on the map since the Democratic National Convention.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a not-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their party's efforts to reform health care. More than 800 people have signed up for free care Saturday at a downtown convention center in Little Rock at an event organized by the National Association of Free ...

"A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a not-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their party's efforts to reform health care," The Associated Press reports. "More than 800 people have signed up for free care Saturday at a downtown convention center in Little Rock at an event organized by the National Association of ...

D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray (D) used council stationery to solicit a $20,000 contribution from Comcast to help pay for Democratic Party activities at last year's national convention, prompting questions about whether his actions might have violated campaign finance and ethics laws.

More than 43,000 children work in mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), UNICEF reported here Thursday on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the convention on the children's rights. The child laborers include 20,000 in the southeastern province of Katanga, 12,000 in the central province of Kasa-Occidental and more than 11,000 in the central-south province of Kasa-Oriental. According to ...