Before Trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a historic verdict on Thursday, the most well-known convict seeking the Oval Office had been Eugene Debs ...
The first man to run for president from prison was a Hoosier known for his radical views and support for workers' rights. In 1920, Indiana native Eugene Debs led a Socialist Party campaign for the ...
Eugene V. Debs, 5 times Socialist candidate for President, set free from prison on Christmas Day. 1921. Courtesy: Library of Congress Outspoken leader of the labor movement, Eugene Debs opposed ...
Alternately loved and reviled, Eugene Victor Debs was a passionate labor leader, a progressive political figure, and a formidable speaker in a time of great change in the United States.
Eugene V. Debs did it, a century ago Following his unprecedented felony conviction, former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has to wait to find out what his sentence will be.