Donald Trump, RNC Convention, Charlotte, NC, Aug 24, 2020

On August 24, 2020, the US entered a new period leading up to November 2020 presidential elections. The Republicans began the Republican National Convention (RNC) proceedings on Monday morning, at Charlotte Convention Center, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Charlottesville, VA: counter protesters against White Supremacists on August 12, 2017

"Although Heather was a caring, compassionate, person, so are a lot of you. A lot of you go that extra mile. And I think the reason that what happened to Heather has struck a chord is because we know that what she did was achievable," Susan Bro, told over a thousand of Charlottesville, VA community and mourners at the memorial service of her daughter, Heather Heyer on August 16, 2017.

Rev Martin Luther King Memorial. Washington, DC

 Tributes to the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. are being held  in the Unites States  nationwide, on Monday January 16, 2017.

The day is being marked by massive march protests over the  state of race relations,  the treatment of minoritiesby law enforcement, and the results of US presidential elections.

The tone was already set by former Bernie Sanders surrogate, Nina Turner, while  addressing a pumped up crowd in front of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

Dr Ajamu Baraka, Green Party Jill Stein's Running Mate

US Presidential candidate running under the Green Party banner, Jill Stein, has named her running mate. She picked Ajamu Baraka, a renowned human rights activist and scholar.

A graduate from City University of New York, Dr. Ajamu Baraka has been active in US and international human rights organizations for decades. He is  the founding executive director of the US Human Rights Network and the coordinator of the Black Left Unity Network's Committee on International Affairs. He served on the

"Bernie of Burst" defiant ahead of DNC Convention in Philadelphia

The embattled US Democratic Party chair, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, says she will resign, following a row over leaked internal email exchanges among Democratic National Committee senior leadership and insiders. The resignation, while threatening the recent efforts to unite the fractured party, appears to boost those supporting Bernie Sanders. The e-mail scandal could not come at the worst moment, ahead of the presidential nominating convention in Philadelphia, starting on July 25, 2016.

The emails leaked by Wilkileaks,  appear to confirm that Democratic party leadership have  tried to undermine Bernie Sanders' campaign in favor of his rival,

Donald Trump wins enough delegates to become Republican nominee

Donald Trump has won enough delegates  to secure the nomination to represent the Republican party in November 2016 US Presidential elections. When he started, he was considered a forgettable underdog among numerous Republican candidates.