Category - Republican

Protesters face police raids at the Republican Convention

staff writers — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:14:44 +0100

US police have staged preemptive armed raids targeting protesters and alternative media around the Republican National Convention - including thousands of people demonstrating about war world poverty throughout the week.

US presidential candidates urged not to make religion a divisive issue

staff writers — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:42:20 +0000

US presidential candidates locked in often bitter struggles for their party nominations have been urged not to make religious capital out of politics and political capital out of religion as the campaign trail hots up.

Hillary Clinton and the 'religious vote' in the US

Simon Barrow — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:08:40 +0100

Gordon Brown's recent speech to the Labour Party conference raised questions about the meaning, provenance and role of religious rhetoric in mainstream politics. This is an even hotter issue in the USA.