Articles filed under Politics
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Look who's sowing division in Washington nowJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - President Donald Trump was the voice of reason in Washington last week as D.C. Democrats were sowing division. Before he signed an executive order on police reform in th...
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Anti-abortion group sues to hold large gatheringsJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - An Illinois anti-abortion nonprofit filed a federal lawsuit challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker's social gathering restrictions, arguing it should be excluded f...
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Trump and his courtJun 23, 2020 1:00 am - Twice in a week. First, the court holds that you can't discriminate against employees on the basis of sexual orientation. And if that isn't enough, the chief justice goe...
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The structural shortcomings that produce racial inequitiesJun 23, 2020 1:00 am - If the American Dream means anything, it's that the circumstances of a person's birth ought not limit what she or he can achieve in life. Innate characteristics - such a...
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Stones of hope: The pandemic within the pandemicJun 22, 2020 1:00 am - All my life I have watched racism and police brutality toward African-Americans broadcast on television nightly news. As a child in the early '60s I remember seeing dog...
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Nobody reads privacy policies. This senator wants lawmakers to stop pretending we do.Jun 20, 2020 6:20 am - It's one of the internet's big little lies. When was the last time you actually read a privacy policy? Most of the time, clicking "I agree" is just a speed bump to getti...
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Why 'digital taxes' are the new trade war flashpointJun 20, 2020 6:13 am - The U.S. decision to withdraw from international efforts to harmonize global tax rules for digital companies risks triggering a new trade war. The move came after the U....
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A cry for help, but what kind of help?Jun 20, 2020 1:00 am - In a recent column, I averred that the George Floyd death and protests-in-reaction represented a classic case of the powerful "us versus them" syndrome that is baked int...
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Guest view: Many whites learn racism, rather than choose itJun 19, 2020 1:00 am - Our nation is experiencing an uproar from its citizens, both black and white, demanding an end to institutional racism against blacks, once and for all. In the aftermat...
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Estrich: Gorsuch rises above ideology in gay rights caseJun 19, 2020 1:00 am - Finally, in a landmark decision authored by none other than Justice Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's first Supreme Court appointee, gay, lesbian and transgender pe...