Still, for months, many pundits predicted a Democratic National Convention in Chicago this year would devolve into a scene out of 1968’s Vietnam era convention held in the city with days of ...

Politics / The Nation warned readers early on that the 1968 convention would be debacle. Richard Kreitner With the Democratic National Convention wrapping up in Chicago, many have pointed to ...

Even so, the demonstrators were able to send their messages out to the nation. Overall, it was a far cry from the so-called “police riot” at Chicago’s 1968 Democratic National Convention.

In the lead-up to the 2024 event, there was a lot of talk about the infamous 1968 Democratic National Convention. But the DNC was also held in Chicago exactly half as long ago—in 1996, also at ...

Retired Chicago Fire Captain Paul McLaughlin tells Sneed the trouble really started that night in August 1968 “when Wallace threw a punch at my father, Fifth District Police Commander Paul ...

The 2024 Democratic National Convention unfolded quite differently, however, with both protests and policing bearing little resemblance to the turmoil of 56 years ago. “If the 1968 convention ...

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 ...

The 1968 convention heard plenty of voices from the stage who urged their party, eloquently and defiantly, to end the U.S. war in Vietnam. But 2024’s protesters point out that no one was ...

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 ...

But there has been no notable violence. The 1968 convention heard plenty of voices from the stage who urged their party, eloquently and defiantly, to end the U.S. war in Vietnam.