Eugene V. Debs, the voice of the Socialist Party a century ago, and his connection with Canton are back in the national spotlight. Debs was the first man to run for U.S. president while in prison. He ...

Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926) was born and grew up in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was a five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States (1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, ...

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 Debs, center, imprisoned at the Atlanta Federal Prison, was notified of his nomination for the presidency on the socialist ticket by a delegation of leading socialists who came from New York to ...

Thomas Doherty is a professor of American Studies at Brandeis. This article originally appeared on The Conversation. On April 4, 2023, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the indictment ...

Every so often, the Socialist Party in the U. S. does something. It has not done a great deal since its leader, Eugene Victor Debs, died a year ago (TIME, Nov. 1, 1926). Last week the Socialist Party ...

Let’s imagine for a minute that special counsel Jack Smith’s filing of an updated indictment against Donald Trump in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that the man is immune to 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 ...

Eugene Victor Debs (1855-1926) was born and grew up in Terre Haute. He was a five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for president of the United States (1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920). In ...

Eugene Debs, center, imprisoned at the Atlanta Federal Prison, was notified of his nomination for the presidency on the socialist ticket by a delegation of leading socialists who came from New York to ...