Articles filed under Politics
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I was persecuted in Sudan for being a Christian, but America welcomed meJul 08, 2019 1:00 am - It's a hard thing growing up knowing that you can't become who you want to become - not because you're not smart enough or don't work hard enough, but because of your fa...
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Biden doesn't deserve to be given the race cardJul 07, 2019 1:00 am - Whatever happened to fairness? Despite his nearly 50 years of public service, Joe Biden is not owed the Democratic nomination. But, after a recent flap over race, the fo...
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There's still 'blowback' to come from decision to leave nuclear dealJul 07, 2019 1:00 am - The historian James Burke created a series of programs years ago for PBS called "Connections" and "The Day the Universe Changed" that demonstrated how one thing can lead...
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10 years of retirement, $1.2M in pension income. That's what average judge in Illinois receives.Jul 06, 2019 1:00 am - The average retired Illinois judge left the bench a little more than 10 years ago and has received more than $1.2 million in pension payments during that time. Meanwhile...
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Getting Congress back on trackJul 05, 2019 1:00 am - The other day, someone I've known for years offered a pointed bit of criticism. "It's easy for people like you to make long lists of things Congress should do to improve...
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Sangari guest view: To understand foreign policy, understand backyard warsJul 05, 2019 1:00 am - In geopolitics, great powers customarily regard smaller states on their borders as being "in their back yard" and thus take a dim view of political and economic meddling...
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Why there migth be cause for concern with U.S. labor marketJul 05, 2019 1:00 am - As the U.S. election cycle gets underway, expect much debate over just how strong the economy really is after becoming the longest uninterrupted expansion in America's h...
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York: Resistance to Donald Trump takes a threatening turnJul 04, 2019 1:00 am - The toxicity of the resistance to President Donald Trump has risen in recent days, with the nation's most respected newspapers publishing rationalizations for denying Tr...
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Next step for Illinois: Graduated income taxJul 04, 2019 1:00 am - The new fiscal year began this week on July 1, and with it, the 2020 state budget went into effect. This is a budget that, for the first time in years, Illinois can be p...
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Some of the new state laws that have flown under the radarJul 04, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been touring the state to promote his signing of capital infrastructure and marijuana legalization legislation, sev...