Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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U.S.
Virginia Senate advances Equal Rights Amendment
January 16, 2019The 98-year effort to get a gender equality constitutional amendment approved may be approaching the finish line.
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World
A brief history of the world communist movement
January 11, 2019In the context of the expansion of industry and the industrial proletariat in Europe, Marx and Engels came on the scene.
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Politics
Big opportunities for the Democrats in Virginia this year
January 10, 2019The new legislative session in the Virginia General Assembly (the state legislature) is now underway.
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World
Sudan: A dictator on the ropes hits back viciously
January 4, 2019Omar al-Bashir has ruled with corruption and repression since 1989, but now the Sudanese people are fed up.
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Politics
With Amazon coming, metro D.C. families face rising rents, longer commutes
January 3, 2019Various cities had been bidding for the HQ, in the usual way: Offering millions of dollars in “concessions” to a company worth a trillion dollars.
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World
Brother of Honduras president arrested for drug dealing, U.S. implicated
November 28, 2018During the last several days, the Central American country of Honduras, population 9,300,000, has loomed large in news reports.
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U.S.
Big advances for Democrats in Virginia
November 8, 2018One of the states where the Democratic Party did best on November 6 was Virginia, which, each year, is turning from being a “purple” state to a “blue” one.
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World
Brazil shifts right; Bolsonaro pledges to eliminate “the reds”
October 30, 2018According to the new president, the only problem with repression under the old military dictatorship was that it did not kill enough people.
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