5 Escaping the RNC: A Chuckumentary 09/06/2008 Chuck Olsen, a seasoned veteran of political coverage and documenting events, managed to make it through the final day of the Republican National... Full Story

1 Buckets Of Urine - Activists' Explanation 09/06/2008 "Buckets of urine" were listed on several of the warrants used to search homes of people with connections to planners of protests at the... Full Story

1 Political Activists Say They Are Not Terrorists 09/05/2008 The RNC Welcoming Committee, an "anarchist/anti-authoritarian organizing body" which provided logistical support to individuals protesting RNC08... Full Story

2 Bridge Blockade At the RNC 09/05/2008 Protesters were prevented from marching on the Xcel Energy Center on the evening of John McCain's Republican Nomination acceptance speech by a... Full Story

1 The UpTake's Suzanne Arrested 09/05/2008 The circumstances immediately preceding the arrest of The UpTake's volunteer coordinator Suzanne. ... Full Story

1 Corralled into a Protest 09/04/2008 On the 2nd day of the RNC, the Poor Person's March began with arrests, at the Ripple Effect Music Festival in front of the Capital Rage Against... Full Story

3 Sing The First Amendment With Code Pink 09/04/2008 What's a political convention without some street theater?  Code Pink specializes in attracting attention with edgy tactics.  Here's a... Full Story

2 Lip Service Or Real Help For Homeless Vets? 09/03/2008 The system that cares for America's Veterans is strained and breaking.   There's been an increase in the number of homeless veterans... Full Story

2 Hillary Supporters for John McCain 09/03/2008 Citizens for McCain, a group of former Hillary Clinton supporters who now back John McCain, gave a press conference at the Republican National... Full Story

2 RNC Day 1: Mostly Peaceful 09/03/2008 Independent media have given a lot of coverage to the confrontations between police, demonstrators, and - well - independent media. The UpTake now... Full Story

3 Journalists Trapped Between Police, Protestors And Pyrotechnics 09/02/2008 Outside the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, UpTake Journalists Corrine McDermid and Oliver Dykstra find themselves caught between... Full Story

9 RNC: Cop Attacked 09/02/2008 The UpTake captured video of a St. Paul police officer dragging a "black bloc" protester away from a bus, only to get tackled from behind. The... Full Story

5 "We've Been Arrested" - Adventures In Reporting At The RNC 09/02/2008 Outside the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, UpTake Journalists Corrine McDermid and Oliver Dykstra are swept up in a massive poice... Full Story

2 Scenes from the RNC Free Speech Zone 09/02/2008 September 1, 2008. The RNC Free Speech Zone is about two blocks from the convention site. A large anti-war march wound through the streets to a... Full Story

2 City And Police On Arrests Following RNC Protest March - Part 3 09/02/2008 St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, the St. Paul Chief of Police and a public information officer answer questions after a day of violence and arrests... Full Story

-1 City And Police On Arrests Following RNC Protest March- Part 2 09/02/2008 St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, the St. Paul Chief of Police and a public information officer answer questions after a day of violence and arrests... Full Story

0 City And Police On Arrests Following RNC Protest March- Part 1 09/02/2008 St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, the St. Paul Chief of Police and a public information officer answer questions after a day of violence and arrests... Full Story

0 McCain Refuses to Meet with Iraq Veterans Against War 09/01/2008 Iraq Veterans Against the War marched towards the convention center at the RNC in St. Paul today with the goal of presenting Senator John McCain... Full Story

3 RNC Eve: Police Make Arrests, Confiscate Urine, Feces, Paint, Old Tires 08/31/2008 Urine, Feces, Paint, and old tires.  Those are some of the things police confiscated on Saturday August 30th when they raided the Minneapolis... Full Story

4 RNC Eve: Police Seize Sustainable Living Bus 08/31/2008 Delyla Wilson tours the country with her family in the "PermiBus," a mobile permaculture demonstration. The group is in the Twin Cities to teach... Full Story