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As virtual DNC opens, actual protesters gather outside Biden headquarters

As the Democratic party opens their virtual national convention, members of the "Poor Peoples Army" protest outside the national headquarters of the Biden for President campaign in Philadelphia Aug. 17, 2020. They were led by Cheri Hankala, a longtime poverty activist, who protested in Philadelphia at both the 2000 RNC and the 2016 DNC.

Cheri Hankala is among protesters from the “Poor People’s Army” demonstrating outside Centre Square, 15th & Market Streets, Aug. 17, 2020, the site of the national Biden for President campaign headquarters as the virtual Democratic National Convention opens.
Cheri Hankala is among protesters from the “Poor People’s Army” demonstrating outside Centre Square, 15th & Market Streets, Aug. 17, 2020, the site of the national Biden for President campaign headquarters as the virtual Democratic National Convention opens.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
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