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The Most Powerful Moment of the DNC
The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who is being held hostage by Hamas. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The parents of a young man held hostage by Hamas stepped onto the stage. And for a moment, the politics stopped.
By Peter Savodnik
08.22.24 — U.S. Politics
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On Wednesday evening, the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin came to the Democratic convention, and for eight minutes and forty-four seconds, the …

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Peter Savodnik
Peter Savodnik is senior editor at The Free Press. Previously, he wrote for Vanity Fair as well as GQ, Harper’s Magazine, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Wired, and other publications, reporting from the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, South Asia, and across the United States. His book, The Interloper: Lee Harvey Oswald Inside the Soviet Union, was published in 2013.
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