Atlantic Unbound Archive

Todd Gitlin

Recent articles by Todd Gitlin

November 7, 2008

Yes We Did. Overcome.

The author, who was among the activists in Chicago's Grant Park during the 1968 Democratic Convention, reflects on Obama's unifying spirit as part of the lost legacy of the sixties.

December 1, 2008

The Hope for Audacity

Todd Gitlin assesses the difference between Obama's outlook and that of FDR and LBJ, and considers what it will take for him to succeed in office.