function openSlideShow1063(){window.open(slideshowpath + 1063,'selectUser',config='scrollbars=No,resizable=Yes');}Whats Happening in the week of August 4

As far as he can see sitting in the second row of the chairs in ballroom in the Sheraton Hotel, Kevin Furey is the only veteran of the Iraq war. When a speaker asks how many veterans in the room are going to run for state legislature, Furey is one of few who raises his hand....

Chants like, "stop the killing, stop the war," and "bring home the troops," rang through the streets around Boston Common Sunday, a day before the Democratic Party would gather to nominate its candidate for president. Nominee John Kerry, in his acceptance speech Thursday night,...

By Marisa Michaud Born the daughter of a sharecropper in rural Mississippi in 1917, Fannie Lou Hamer rose to national prominence during the 1964 Democratic National Convention, while a delegate for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. At a day-long conference in Blackman...

By C.G. Lynch In 1988, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis accepted the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Ga. Months later, in the general election against George H.W. Bush, he suffered a defeat. Sixteen years later, with the DNC...

As outreach coordinator for the Democratic National Convention Committee, part of Neath Cardenas' job is to help seat the thousands of delegates backstage at the convention. The FleetCenter looks different to her now after the months of renovations it has received since her May...

Walking into the FleetCenter, Amy Iacoi can't believe what the Democratic National Convention staff has done to transform the home of the Boston Bruins and Celtics. The team colors, once streaming green and yellow, morph into reds, whites and blues. The banners, lighting,...

Walking back from a rally for President George W. Bush at the Omni Parker hotel Thursday morning, three members of the Northeastern University College Republicans were met with unhappy calls and gestures. Carrying their Bush/Cheney signs, the three watched people yell at them...

Not even a hug from Jerry Springer could console Heidi Buchanan's disappointment when, at 2:15 a.m. Monday morning, Bill failed to show. Visibly tired, Buchanan recounts her trip to the Rock the Vote event at Avalon, where former President Bill Clinton was scheduled to appear....

By C.G. Lynch With the skyrocketing price of tuition, education policy may become an integral issue for collegiate voters in the final months of the campaign season as they assess the contrasting strategies of President George W. Bush and democratic presidential nominee John...

Politics once had no place at the dinner table, but now it has its sights set on the bedroom. DemDates.com, a singles' Web site for the "young, sexy and liberal," is gearing up to take Boston by storm on the coattails of the Democratic National Convention. The Web site will...

By Victoria Rose Comella is a junior English major Every four years on the first Tuesday of November, there's the possibility of starting a new relationship. After four years you've reached the make or break point and you need to make a decision. And what better way to help...