Articles filed under Politics
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The case for Karen Bass as Biden's V.P.Aug 07, 2020 1:00 am - About Karen Bass. Most people have never heard of her. But the people who have worked with her and know her best - Republicans and Democrats - have enormous respect for ...
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Atomic bombs in AugustAug 07, 2020 1:00 am - By Arthur I. Cyr Guest columnist "Why do we come to this place, to Hiroshima?" President Barack Obama asked that question publicly on his visit on May 27, 2016. He was t...
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Why the talk of canceling debates?Aug 06, 2020 1:00 am - There are three presidential debates scheduled before the Nov. 3 election. The first will be on Sept. 29 at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. The second will...
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New York attorney general seeks to dissolve NRAAug 06, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - New York's attorney general sued the National Rifle Association on Thursday, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over claims...
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How COVID-19 has affected visual side of our journalismAug 06, 2020 1:00 am - The novel coronavirus has affected photography in the Daily Herald in two important ways - how we take pictures and video and how we publish them. Most of us at the pape...
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Leftist effort to revise American historyAug 05, 2020 1:00 am - This column has been updated to remove a paragraph contained in the original version that included quotes as though they were legitimate though they came from a sati...
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The crucial call to 'walk with the wind'Aug 05, 2020 1:00 am - What a moment in America. On Thursday, three former U.S. presidents - George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - walked into Atlanta's storied Ebenezer Baptist Chur...
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Group wants new ComEd rules to apply to all utilitiesAug 05, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A coalition of environmental, business and faith groups is calling for legislation that would make the ethics reform measures recently imposed on utility g...
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Honoring the fallenAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Capping a week of deserved tributes, the funeral for Rep. John Lewis in Atlanta's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church brought me back a quarter-century to another funeral f...
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Mendoza says state must have financial relief from federal governmentAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is adding her voice to those warning that the state will face dire consequences if the federal government does not appr...