Articles focusing on politics

Politicians say this time they really, truly have a plan to fight Chicago’s violence

by Mick Dumke Article Reprint The reporters were told to wait outside the meeting room. The suggestion was that something big was happening in there.

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SEIU Local 73 gives Mayor Rahm $25,000

by Ben Joravsky Article Reprint CHICAGO IL. I was sitting by a pond on a bright sunny day, watching the little ducks float around, when a friend texted to say: SEIU Local 73 donated 25

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Maureen Dowd’s Weed Candy Experiment Personifies White Privilege

By Terrell Jermaine Starr Article Reprint I never smoked marijuana before, and Maureen Dowd‘s haphazard experience with a weed-laced candy bar in her Denver hotel room certainly isn’t motivating me to book a plane ticket

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Same-sex marriage stands in Oregon after Supreme Court denies stay of ruling

In a one-line order, the US Supreme Court denied a stay of a federal judge’s ruling that Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Oregon officials had ceased to defend the ban. By Warren Richey

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Secret KGB Torture House Opens Its Doors in Riga

For decades, the Corner House stood as a silent reminder of Russian oppression. Now, the former KGB headquarters are open and exposing the horrors committed against the people of Riga. By: Brandon Presser Article Reprint

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The City of Detroit Just Got a Huge Bailout

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Legislature’s $195 million lifeline to help prevent steep cuts in Detroit’s pensions and the sale of city-owned art is being hailed as a major step forward in ending the

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Shoring up the abandoned class

By: Dawn Turner Trice Article Reprint Marc Sims is not a politician. He’s not a preacher. He’s not a police officer. Nor is he a professor of sociology or an executive director of a nonprofit.

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Juror’s sudden absence deepens mystery of fugitive drug trio

By: Robert Snell Article Reprint Detroit— A federal judge is investigating why a juror in a major narcotics trial went AWOL around the same time the fez-wearing drug defendants disappeared.

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