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Activist says Charlotte much more welcoming to visitors than Tampa during political conventions listen

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Tags: Tampa, Charlotte, RNC, Republican National Convention, Pepe Kovanis

The Democratic National Convention ended late Thursday night, and with it the protests.

Tampa Bay area protesters who had traveled to Charlotte began arriving home Friday morning.

“Very much a night and day difference between Tampa and Charlotte. Tampa seemed to be a definite police state. They didn’t want anybody in there. It was not a friendly place to be, it was not a welcoming place to be. Charlotte was all inclusive. It was welcoming and inviting. You could interact with the del...

Zaina Alsous on the Wall Street South protests in Charlotte

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Tags: Zaina Alsous, University of North Carolina, Wall Street South, Charlotte, Democratic National Conventional

Women's Show host Mary Glenney spoke with University of North Carolina Chapel Hill senior Zaina Alsous, who helped coordinate the Wall Street South protests in Charlotte during this week's Democratic National Convention. Charlotte, home to the world headquarters of Bank of America and the eastern headquarters of Wells Fargo is known as the "Wall Street" of the Sout...

The DNC in Charlotte

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USF St. Petersburg Poli Sci Professor Judithanne Scourfield Mclauchlan spoke to WMNF from Charlotte, where she was attending the Democratic National Convention.

Open phones followed, including a focus on the controversy regarding the Democratic Party platform involving the word "God" and including a provision about Jerusalem being the proper capital of Israel.

Some low income families being forced onto the streets of Charlotte ahead of Democratic National Convention listen

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Tags: Deronda Metz, Charlotte, N.C., Salvation Army, Democratic National Convention, homeless

As Democrats gather in Charlotte, N.C. for their national party convention, an Op-Ed in the Charlotte Observer voiced concern over the fact that many low-income families in that city are being displaced from relatively affordable “extended stay” motels that have jacked up their rates to as high as $300 a night ahead in an effort to cash in on the DNC that begins on Tuesday. According to the Observer:

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Rev. James Forbes on Spiritual Depression

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Tags: James Forbes, Riverside Church, spritual depression, Tampa, Charlotte

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up we'll talk with The Rev. James A. Forbes Jr., Senior Minister Emeritus, The Riverside Church, New York City; Harry Emerson Fosdick Distinguished Professor, Union Theological Seminary, NY; Founder & President, The Healing of the Nations Foundation. He'll be speaking on the topic of "spritual depression" this Sunday, August 26, 2012 at the following religious communities.

8:00 a.m. St. John Progressive Baptist Church Rev. Ba...