The Nation warned readers early on that the 1968 convention would be a debacle. Ad Policy Protesters clash with the National Guard outside the Democratic National Convention on August 28, 1968.(CBS ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I directed the best political movie never released.” Filmmaker Haskell Wexler thus described Medium Cool, his violent feature set ...

Red, white and bruising: at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, conflicts within the hall were amplified in violence on Chicago’s streets. AP Images Theodore Roosevelt giving a campaign speech.

Chicago saw two conventions last month: the one made up of elected delegates of the Democratic party and staged in the amphitheatre for the television world, the other made up of young people in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Harris-Walz campaign secured the Democratic nomination via an online vote early this month. So, ...

As divisive as American politics seem now, consider 1968. Fifty years ago this week, Democrats gathered in Chicago for a presidential nominating convention. Inside the hall, Hubert Humphrey received ...

Tony Dokoupil is the anchor of the new "CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil." He previously served as co-host of "CBS Mornings" and anchored "The Uplift," a weekly series spotlighting positive and ...

The sky above Chicago is bright and blue as Democrats gather this week to pitch their vision for America on live TV over the next four nights. But no matter how high the hopes of the faithful, there ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker was confident that this convention won't be a repeat of the disastrous 1968 one. Getty Images Pritzker (D) on Sunday downplayed fears of demonstrations escalating at this ...