Articles filed under Politics
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What kind of shot does Kinzinger really have at another office?Nov 05, 2021 1:00 am - Just days after saying he wouldn't seek reelection to his seat in Congress, outgoing Illinois Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger raised eyebrows in a recent CNN intervi...
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Note to Dems: It's not 2020 anymoreNov 05, 2021 1:00 am - There's been a lot of attention paid to President Joe Biden's falling job approval rating. And it is indeed going down, down, down. But along with confidence in the pres...
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'That city is in great hands': Barrington teachers, staffers share memories of Boston's mayor-electNov 04, 2021 1:00 am - Boston is older than the state of Illinois, but it was up to Barrington schools in the 21st century to produce that city's first mayor who was not a white man. Michelle ...
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Sen. Sinema: The outsider is inNov 04, 2021 1:00 am - I spied a woman in a purple and silver wig, walking around the Senate floor with astronaut Mark Kelly, who was newly sworn in as a Democratic senator from Arizona. Bewil...
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Succor, sting: The role of 'them pictures' in engaging opinionNov 04, 2021 1:00 am - The political cartoon is a newspaper feature with a rich history and a shaky future. In the 1870s, Thomas Nast built a career around caricatures of William M. Tweed, the...
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A Democrat seeks to intervene in redistricting suitsNov 03, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A Democratic member of the Illinois House has filed a motion in federal court to intervene as a separate defendant in a pair of lawsuits challenging the le...
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Ex-Barrington resident Michelle Wu is first woman, person of color to be elected Boston's mayorNov 03, 2021 12:05 am - WASHINGTON - Michelle Wu, 36, won the Boston mayoral race on Tuesday, a quick rise for the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants born on Chicago's South Side, raised in Barri...
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Fighting illiberalism in higher educationNov 02, 2021 1:00 am - I consider my children to be extraordinarily lucky to be born and live in the United States. When I moved here from France in 1999, I believed that, while far from perfe...
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Investigate women's claims, but don't simply assume all are trueNov 02, 2021 1:00 am - "Billionaire Being Investigated for Rape ..." I plead guilty. If I didn't know better, I would just assume that the billionaire being investigated must be guilty. I migh...
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Fighting illiberalism in higher educationNov 02, 2021 1:00 am - I consider my children to be extraordinarily lucky to be born and live in the United States. When I moved here from France in 1999, I believed that, while far from perfe...