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[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.688311&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] In her much-publicized interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson, Republican Vice Presidential nominee Gov. Sarah...
Darius Shahinfar, the first generation American of Iranian descent who ran in the Democratic primary in the NY-21 Congressional race, lost last night. New York voters in the district, which includes...
Emily Blout and Sara Shokravi covered the DNC for NIAC all week from Denver, but it was Sima Sarrafan who represented the Iranian American community on the floor of the convention as a DNC delegate fr...
Check out the Iran section in the Democratic and Republican party platforms. They couldn’t be more dissimilar, yet so much the same....
Now that the convention proceedings are finished, things are markedly slowed down for everyone here in Minnesota, and we have time to go into some details we may have missed in earlier posts. If you...
We are sitting in the convention hall and so far 3 different protesters have unfurled signs and yelled at Sen. McCain, only to be drowned out by chants of “USA!” Honestly though, the audie...
Last night I had the pleasure of sitting down with about ten IAs at a restaurant in Rochester, MN. The town of 99,000+, the third largest in Minnesota, is home of the renowned Mayo Clinic medical fa...
So as you would have guessed, it’s not all serious panels and speeches at these political conventions. Just like the Democrats in Denver, the Republicans know how to let loose and have a lot of fu...
Within an hour of having landed at Minneapolis airport (and having to pass up our golden opportunity to visit it’s infamous bathroom), Patrick and I found ourselves going through 3 layers of securit...
The DNC has come to a close. John McCain has chosen Alaska’s Governor Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential nominee. Half of Washington has just returned from Denver, while the other half is gath...
Guest post by Negin Sobhani NIAC is a non-profit, non-partisan 501 c(3), and therefore does not endorse candidates for political office. The following article should not be interpreted as an endorse...
You probably noticed that Massachusetts Senator John Kerry had a pretty public role at the convention. This is not only because he was the democratic presidential nominee last time around, it’s ...