By all accounts Netroots Nation 2012 was a big success. The conference wrapped up Saturday with a roster of progressive speakers, concluding with ‘Rebuild the Dream’ cofounder and former aide to President Obama, Van Jones, delivering the keynote speech. Brooklyn-based comedian, writer, and creator of the award-winning web series This Week in Blackness, Elon James White, …
Details are just coming in. Keith Olbermann, political commentator, HuffPo blogger, and host of ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’ now on Current TV, will speak at next summer’s Netroots Nation 2012. This annual conference of liberal and progressive political writers and activists is expected to bring more than 2500 participants to the Rhode Island Convention Center …
This could be a big deal for Providence — upwards of $2 million in economic impact, and a lot of fun to boot. Netroots Nation had been looking to host its 2011 conference in Providence, at the Westin and Convention Center. They deserve a lot of credit for respecting the boycott. Netroots Nation director Nolan …
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