Articles filed under Politics
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Guest View: Teachers union head backs Pritzker's 'fair tax'Apr 15, 2019 1:00 am - In my nearly 20 years of teaching English in a suburban Chicago high school, I had students from all backgrounds. The vast majority came from lower income and working-c...
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Hamilton: Hamilton: How our national politics has changedApr 14, 2019 1:00 am - By Lee H. Hamilton I became active in politics in the late 1950s, got elected to Congress in 1964, and have remained engaged in one way or another every year since then....
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Zakaria: Liberals miss the strength of nationalism's appealApr 14, 2019 1:00 am - NEW YORK - There are many explanations for Benjamin Netanyahu's victory in last week's elections that have to do with Israel's particular situation - its economic boom, ...
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Editorial: Pritzker shouldn't use tax money to sell referendumApr 13, 2019 2:00 pm - If a school district - or any local government, for that matter - overtly promoted a bond issue that required voter approval, it would be drawn and quartered. That's aga...
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'Dark patterns' - the manipulative Web design trick you've never heard ofApr 13, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Two U.S. senators unveiled new legislation Tuesday targeting what they say are deceptive tricks, employed by websites and tech companies, that are designed ...
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McHenry County Fair is taking heat for booking Ted Nugent, but it hasn't hurt salesApr 13, 2019 1:00 am - McHenry County Fair is taking heat for booking Ted Nugent, but tickets sure sold
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Gerson: Trump's border wall appeal to our inner demonsApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - By MICHAEL GERSON WASHINGTON - The ouster of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen - the implementer of some of the most unjust immigration policies...
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Will: Trump's laughably sad nominations of Herman Cain and Stephen MooreApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - In 1964, although there was scant chance that Americans would choose to have a third president in 14 months, Lyndon Johnson took no chances. The economy wa...
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House OKs doubling fine for passing stopped school busApr 11, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Drivers who don't stop for school buses would see much steeper fines under a proposal that passed the state House on Thursday. House Bill 1873, sponsored b...
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How British police arrested Julian Assange without breaking international lawApr 11, 2019 1:00 am - For almost seven years, Julian Assange has lived in the Ecuadoran Embassy in London. The WikiLeaks founder feared that if he left the diplomatic outpost, located in an a...