Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Will even more GOP-held districts flip in Virginia?
October 25, 2018A surge in absentee voting and new polling data suggest Democrats might oust as many as 4 of the GOP’s current 7 members of Congress.
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Trump blasts caravan that poses no danger to the U.S.
October 24, 2018Stokes fear to draw attention away from real threat: If GOP retains control of Congress Americans could lose all their healthcare.
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