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 ...

Chicago has hosted more presidential nominating conventions than any other U.S. city, going back to Abraham Lincoln in 1860. The notorious and consequential 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago ...

CHICAGO — Despite some protesters’ vows to “make it great like ’68,” history did not repeat itself, and the streets of Chicago did not descend into chaos during this year’s Democratic ...

Some highlights of recent Democratic convention rules disputes. Although it did not have a formal set of rules before 1972, the Democratic Party operated with two ...

Mike Wallace, CBS-TV newsman, is hustled off the Democratic National Convention floor in the aftermath of a row between delegates and security officers during nominating session August 28, 1968 in ...

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 citizen.

It’s amazing Chicago’s mayor had any voice at all when it was over. Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks on the first day of the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Monday.

Officers attempt to put a fence together after it was crossed by activists in park #578 near the United Center during the first day of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago.

Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Sunday he expects the demonstrations to be peaceful and he dismissed any comparisons to the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, which saw bloody ...

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 Democratic National Convention has concluded in Chicago, with Mayor Brandon Johnson and the city's Office of Emergency Management holding a news conference to recap the week's events. Streets ...

But the signature images of this year’s 2024 Democratic convention have been in the convention hall: the state-by-state dance party roll call that included Lil Jon; 17-year-old Gus Walz, weeping ...