The action of federal government agents at Donald Trump’s direction demonstrates all too clearly that what his administration ...

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CHICAGO — The whole world was watching, but this time, it liked what it saw. No cops clubbing protesters. No convention floor fist fights. No sprawling encampments taking over Grant Park. In the end, ...

CHICAGO -- There was no tear gas anywhere, and some of those who showed up for a reunion of Chicago police officers who worked during the 1968 Democratic National Convention hung up their badges a ...

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Chicago has hosted more presidential conventions than any other U.S. city, stretching back to 1860 when Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln, but perhaps none was as notorious or as consequential as ...

Lewis Goldstein and a fellow New York delegate at the 2024 DNC Credit: Ben Reynolds While this year’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago is momentous for many attendees, it holds special ...

CHICAGO — I was here in Chicago’s Grant Park in 1968: sixteen years old, hair to my shoulders and putting out an underground newspaper, which we hoped could hold onto the comet tail of those times.

Jordan Green is an investigative correspondent based in Greensboro, N.C., who covers right-wing extremism for Raw Story. His work has been featured in a host of publications, including the Washington ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — This week’s Democratic National Convention has brought back bittersweet memories to a Sioux Falls woman of another convention held in Chicago. Rita Sorenson was an ...

The past and present merge for NPR's Scott Simon, who attended the Democratic National Convention in Chicago as a teen in 1968 and now as a senior... Opinion: Chicago's protests show democracy's ...