Famed attorney Alan Dershowitz has announced his departure from the Democratic Party following what he called the "most ...

Tuesday night’s presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump has come and gone. On Wednesday’s WGN Morning News, Angelica Sanchez reported ...

(Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) Nearly all of the Democratic Party’s well-known officeholders are joining thousands of delegates and other supporters and volunteers, along with thousands of ...

The choice of location — announced more than a year in advance — is often seen as an extension of the party’s campaign strategy. In the case of Chicago, the Democratic National Committee ...

The Democratic National Convention is now officially underway in Chicago, kicking off four days of events and speeches for the party. Jaime Harrison, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee ...

The debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia is the only one to which the two candidates have agreed so far ...

On Sunday evening before the Democratic National Convention was set to begin in Chicago, the city threw a welcome party for the thousands of delegates at the Navy Pier Ballroom. Security was tight ...

Jaimey Sexton, a Chicago-based Democratic operative, says he had been flooded with last-minute party pleas: Can you help me find a DJ? A lighting vendor? A venue? Sarah Finlayson-Banasiak ...

In the throes of another national crisis, the Great Depression, the Democratic Party held its 1932 convention in Chicago. Franklin D. Roosevelt broke precedent and accepted the party’s ...

In a recent MSNBC appearance, commentator Ayman Mohyeldin protested that Palestinians were excluded from participating in the ...

It was the first of 27 major party national conventions to be held in Chicago, including this year’s Democratic National Convention. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Share The nation was falling apart.

Politicians do what they want, with little fear of official sanction, and voters often snub the preferred candidates of party leaders. As a result, voters are in thrall to individual candidates who ...