politics
“The City of Conversations”: Politics is all in the family
May 23, 2016Giardina is insightfully pointing out that beneath the surface - especially in politics, which makes strange bedfellows - things aren't always as they appear to be.
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“The Americans”: Sex, friendship, and lies
May 23, 2016For Elizabeth to have to betray her friend Young-Hee and deal with yet another U.S.-made deadly weapon, is entirely too much.
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The electoral college, the two-party trap, and the presidential election
May 20, 2016It will soon be time to face the reality of the two-party system; either the Republicans or the Democrats will win the presidency.
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America must renew its infrastructure or face decline
May 20, 2016Politics as usual won't change things. It will take a wave election, a sweeping rebuke to the obstructionist Republican Congress, for anything to happen.
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Thousands rally to denounce Illinois Gov. Rauner’s anti-worker agenda
May 20, 2016The 'Rauner Is Hurting Illinois' march and rally spanned out over six full city blocks in Springfield, Illinois.
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