When Todd Gitlin went to Chicago at the end of August 1968 to join the protests outside the Democratic National Convention ... had last held a convention, in 1964, it was Lyndon Johnson’s ...

Teller of Tales, Keeper of Truth. Rex Nelson has lived a remarkable life in the broadcast booth, on deadline, in the statehouse and on the ...

Democratic Party committees, like the DNC, have traditionally not opposed incumbents in their own party, focusing instead on attacking Republicans, while the Democratic Congressional Campaign ...

The volume of right-wing rage at the media was novel at this Republican convention. Unprecedented, too, was the attention focused on the issue of television coverage. The convention was the first ...

Newly installed DNC Chair Ken Martin told media outlets that the party's rapid response efforts would be among his top three priorities going into the position. He won the election this year to be ...

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) launched its first-ever ad buy Friday targeting Elon Musk and the millions of dollars he has injected into the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, previewing what ...

Hamer co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), a political alternative to unseat the all-white Mississippi delegation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. Her testimony ...

Everything we care about is in danger, and Common Dreams is fighting back by exposing their lies and corruption and lifting up the voices of those working to stop them. If you believe in our work, we ...

Three thousand pro-Palestinian marchers took to the streets of Chicago on the last night of the Democratic National Convention. Police said they had maintained order though the week with no ...

The Democratic National Convention runs for four days–Monday ... MSNBC and CNN have extensive coverage plans.