The Convention’s Agitator-in-Chief The Convention’s Agitator-in-Chief
BOSTON--Michael Moore was set to leave this Democratic National Convention city today on his way to Los Angeles, where the maker of the hit film "Fahrenheit 9-11" will appear on "...
Jul 29, 2004 / John Nichols
Networks Missed a Historic Speech Networks Missed a Historic Speech
BOSTON -- When Barack Obama was delivering the finest keynote address heard at a Democratic National Convention since Mario Cuomo's 1984 speech in San Francisco, the nation's broa...
Jul 28, 2004 / John Nichols
And the Platform Says What? And the Platform Says What?
Did you know that, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll, nine out of ten delegates gathered in Boston think the US should not have gone to war in Iraq and say the gains fr...
Jul 28, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Michael Moore Hits Cambridge Michael Moore Hits Cambridge
To strains of "You're Still The One," Senator Edward Kennedy exited stage left, surrounded by family--heading to a tribute at Boston Symphony Hall. "The only thing we have to fear...
Jul 28, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Protest Pit is a Dark, Shadowy Place Protest Pit is a Dark, Shadowy Place
Many Americans oppose the war in Iraq, and they want to vote for a party that will bring the troops home. The Democratic Party has not promised to do that, which is why antiwar p...
Jul 27, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
‘Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive’ ‘Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive’
Just as I thought they were going to start playing Johnny Mercer/Harold Arlen's oldie "Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive (Mister in-Between)" in the convention hall, former President...
Jul 27, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Longer Pushing the Death Penalty No Longer Pushing the Death Penalty
BOSTON -- The Democratic party platform that will be adopted this week includes one particularly significant change from the platforms adopted by the party conventions of 1992, 19...
Jul 27, 2004 / John Nichols
Tammy Baldwin’s Turn Tammy Baldwin’s Turn
BOSTON -- When Tammy Baldwin takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention Monday night, with a prime-time speaking slot on a star-studded bill that includes two former pr...
Jul 26, 2004 / John Nichols
DNC Activism DNC Activism
Though they won't come close to matching the intensity or volume of expected protests at the Republican National Convention in New York City at the end of August, there are numer...
Jul 25, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
A Little Political History A Little Political History
As convention time approached, I asked one of America's most prominent historians, Eric Foner, for some political history about Boston and Massachusetts. Foner, a valued member o...
Jul 25, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel