Democratic National Conventions

Rage Against the Machine: Older and as defiant as ever

2011-07-24 00:00:00

In a rehearsal room in North Hollywood are some of the battle scars Rage Against the Machine has accumulated during many years of conflict and noise. In one corner are the scorched, graffiti-covered amplifiers that bassist Tim Commerford has plugged...

McManus: Romney, the worst candidate?

2012-04-12 00:00:00

In the spring of 1980, the race for the Republican presidential nomination got nasty. The front-runner, Ronald Reagan, said his main challenger,George H.W. Bush, wasn't a real conservative. Bush went on the attack, accusing Reagan of peddling "voodoo...

Villaraigosa will chair Democratic National Convention

2012-02-14 16:12:00

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been selected chairman of this summer's Democratic National Convention, elevating his role as a surrogate in the Latino community and raising his national profile at a time Villaraigosa considers his political...

Democrats again pick football stadium for Obama convention speech

2012-01-17 08:54:00

The Democratic National Convention will again move to an outdoor football stadium on its final day, providing for a much larger venue for Barack Obama to accept his party's nomination for a second term as president. Party officials on Tuesday announced...

Brown, Feinstein to address Democrats at San Diego convention

2012-02-10 16:38:45

Fliers, website slam Richard Alarcon

2012-02-16 16:39:39

Here comes Ann Coulter with 'Demonic: How the Liberal Mob is Endangering America'

2011-06-09 16:35:29

Obama's penchant for speeches now sounding hollower by the word

2011-08-09 04:36:47

Obama and Lincoln: trash-talking, Civil War-era style

2011-08-18 21:36:56

Kay Mills dies at 69; journalist and award-winning author

2011-01-15 15:42:00

Kay Mills, a widely respected journalist and award-winning author whose books reflected her deep interest in women's issues and the civil rights movement, died Thursday at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica. She was 69. The cause was a heart...

PASSINGS: Charles Nolan, Doyce Nunis Jr.

2011-02-02 00:00:00

Charles Nolan Fashion designer modernized American classics Charles Nolan, 53, a fashion designer who was known for modernizing American classics and acting on his interest in politics, died Sunday of cancer at his New York City home. The cancer he...

Ellen McCormack dies at 84; antiabortion presidential candidate

2011-04-02 00:00:00

Ellen McCormack, a New York housewife who briefly became a national figure in American politics when she twice ran for president, in 1976 and 1980, in campaigns designed to galvanize the antiabortion movement, has died. She was 84. McCormack died of...

This cartoon originally ran on March 24, 2008.

2011-06-13 08:14:07

Tipper Gore greets former Vice President Al Gore at the Democratic National Convention on July 26, 2004. Their June 2010 announcement that they were splitting up after 40 years surprised even close friends.

2011-05-10 03:37:42

Tipper Gore greets former Vice President Al Gore at the Democratic National Convention on July 26, 2004. Their June 2010 announcement that they were splitting up after 40 years surprised even close friends.

2011-05-10 03:37:42