2001: A Force to Reckon With
Jonathan Schell:Power, as the founders of this country well knew, is a mighty temptation. Money is another. Put the two together, and you have a force to reckon with.
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1968: The Bitter Legacy of LBJ
Carey McWilliams:It was a rigged convention, and the Chicago police were spoiling for a fight.
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2004: GOP Convention's Looney Tunes
Robert Scheer:Good sizzle can always sell a lousy steak.
Convention Coverage
2008
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1988: A Charismatic Candidate
The Editors : Nation History
Flawed and flamboyant, the charismatic Jesse Jackson wasn't the perfect candidate, but his idealism led The Nation to endorse his bid for the White House.
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1968: The Hilton Hotel Incident
While the whole world was watching, this is what Chicago's finest did.
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1968: The Bitter Legacy of LBJ
Carey McWilliams : Nation History
It was a rigged convention, and the Chicago police were spoiling for a fight.
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1932: The Democratic Trough at Chicago
Oswald Garrison Villard : Nation History
As they nominated FDR, Democratic conventioneers were more interested in grandstanding against prohibition than facing the nation's economic crisis.
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1921: Alice Paul Pulls the Strings
Freda Kirchwey : Nation History
At the National Women's Party convention, party leaders spurned black women who sought to be included in the suffragist agenda.
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1908: The First Denver Convention
The Editors : Nation History
When Democrats nominated William Jennings Bryan as their presidential candidate, The Nation was skeptical.
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1984: The Left, The Democrats & the Future
Andrew Kopkind & Alexander Cockburn : Nation History
Democrats seek the center--and lose their moorings.
2004
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1972: The Foregone Convention
Robert Sherrill : Nation History
George McGovern carried the day, but the passion was provided by Ted Kennedy.
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