The Chicago convention is best remembered for the police violence against antiwar demonstrators by Daley’s beefy police and for the assault on reporters and critics inside the convention center. . The antiwar movement was greatly divided over whether there should have been demonstrations at the..…

In the midst of an increased polarization, the compromise parties organized a “Democratic Conference” in order to restabilize a center and bring the Kadets into their project of creating a national representative bourgeois government. ..…

But in 65 of the world's 125 democracies, the president — or the equivalent office — is directly elected by voters, according to the Pew Research Center, which notes that 'no other democratic nation fills its top job quite the way the U.S. does, and only a handful are even similar.' . ..…

Lastly, the very existence of the Comintern made a crucial difference: It provided an international center for the revolutionary movement of that time; a center where there was a potential for an in-depth, honest, direct, free, and democratic discussion on crucial issues of strategy and..…

Over the 20 years, Republicans have become more pro-life and Democrats have trended more pro-choice. ..…

Andrew Cuomo for lighting the World Trade Center pink to celebrate the bill's passage. . Cuomo signed the measure into law on Jan. 22 after the Democrat-led Legislature approved it earlier in the day. . ..…