Articles filed under Politics
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Guest columnist R. Kent Kirkwood: The wealth gap and class warfareJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - French economist Thomas Piketty, in his 2013 book "Capital in the 21st Century," pointed out that the people who work for wages are fortunate if their net worth increase...
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Pritzker delivers 'The Office'-themed commencement address at Northwestern - with Steve Carell in audienceJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday gave Northwestern University graduates practical advice he learned from some of his favorite characters on "The Office." But the Democratic ...
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Health care workers who cover up patient abuse now face stiffer penaltiesJun 12, 2023 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill into law on Friday that strengthens the range of penalties that a state watchdog can mete out for health care employees who conspire to ...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Summer and smokeJun 11, 2023 1:00 am - By Marc Munroe Dion As Canada's ashes turn the sky yellow and New York City glimmers dimly in the haze and we chew the dull bone of climate change, I see the black smok...
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Columnist Jessica A. Johnson: Life lessons, not race should be the focus when rating Disney's 'Mermaid'Jun 11, 2023 1:00 am - I finally had some extra time last week to take in the Disney live-action remake of its 1989 animation film "The Little Mermaid." I had watched Halle Bailey, the African...
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White House: Iran is helping Russia build a drone factory east of Moscow for the war in UkraineJun 09, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Iran is providing Russia with materials to build a drone manufacturing plant east of Moscow as the Kremlin looks to lock in a steady supply of weaponry...
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Illinois adopts new LGBTQ+ protectionsJun 09, 2023 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law two measures aimed at safeguarding the rights of LGBTQ+ people as other states move toward restrictions -- and just days aft...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: What to make of new projections of big government savingsJun 09, 2023 1:00 am - We have a debt-ceiling deal. It's a relief for most people. This deal avoids a default and the need for the Department of the Treasury to make hard choices over which bi...
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Sudan's government declares UN envoy no longer welcome; warring sides agree to 24-hour cease-fireJun 09, 2023 1:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - The Sudanese government announced that the U.N. envoy to the country and key mediator in its brutal conflict is no longer welcome as the warring sides in th...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Biden finds his footingJun 09, 2023 1:00 am - By Susan Estrich Oh, I know. He tripped. That's the irony. The week where he showed that he had found his footing going into the fall election, he tripped over a sandba...