Articles focusing on politics

Supreme Court rejects plea to ban taping of police in Illinois

By Jason Meisner Article Reprint The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal of a controversial Illinois law prohibiting people from recording police officers on the job. By passing on the issue,

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Media Blackout

Levi Baldwin Article Submission          The video below will bother most readers. It is a description right out of George Orwell’s book 1984; where the government controls every aspect of media communication by surveillance of technology

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Michelle Obama Returns to Chicago to Condemn Gun Violence

The first lady recalled the life of slain 15-year-old honors student Hadiya Pendleton while calling for more programs for youth. By Jonathan P. Hicks Article Reprint In a return to a hometown that has been

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Clerk to unseal settlement with Trayvon Martin’s parents

  By Rene Stutzman Article Reprint That secret homeowners association settlement with Trayvon Martin’s family may not remain secret much longer. Seminole County Clerk of Courts Maryanne Morse has written a letter to Trayvon’s family

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The permanent class divide

By Chrystia Freeland Article Reprint The one thing pretty much all of us agree on is the importance of equal opportunity. Opinion is divided about the significance of rising income inequality per se. Some see

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Afghan attacks kill U.S. diplomat, soldiers, others

(Reuters) – A car bomb blast killed five Americans, including three U.S. soldiers and a young diplomat, on Saturday, while an American civilian died in a separate attack in the east. The diplomat and other

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Parents outraged after students forced to throw out lunches

By Leigh Goessl Article Reprint Attleboro –  Parents are furious after they learned their  children were denied school lunches. Not only were they upset about their  children missing lunch, but school workers forced the students

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One in six Americans already in poverty as $85 billion in cuts kick in

rt.com Article Reprint The estimated 50 million Americans already living in poverty will be hit hardest by the $85 billion in spending cuts set to begin after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement

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