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Going Back: The Untold Story of Dreamers Returning to Mexico

February 15, 2019 Renee Shur Immigration, Obama Leave a comment

It’s been a long and contentious eighteen years since the first Dream Act was introduced in Congress in 2001. The issue of providing a

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Pendulum

Hard to tell where the pendulum of normalcy will swing next

June 25, 2018 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Community/Common good, Democracy, Trump, Uncategorized Leave a comment

After Barack Obama was elected, it seemed that America had a new normalcy, one that some described as “post-racial.” For any who took that

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Bernie, Hillary, and body language

July 15, 2016 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton Leave a comment

Yesterday, Bernie endorsed Hillary. Body language experts across the Web came to the same conclusion: They don’t like each other. They saw Hillary as

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Is the country headed in the right direction?

January 27, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democracy, Economy, Obama, Voting/Elections One comment

Do you think that the country is headed in the right direction? When asked that question in public-opinion polls, Invariably, a majority of  respondents

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It’s 2016: What happened to all those dire, Obama-geddon predictions?

January 2, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, 2016 Election, Obama, Republicans Leave a comment

Now that it’s 2016, it’s time to fact-check some of the end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it predictions that President Obama’s critics made before his 2012 re-election. In an

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Iran Nuclear Deal too complicated for TV commercials

July 29, 2015 Arthur Lieber Climate Change, Foreign Policy, Labor and unions, Media, Obama, Politics, Public safety, Science, United Nations, War Leave a comment

A new CNN / ORC poll just revealed that the majority of Americans want Congress to reject the nuclear deal with Iran that the

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After TPP, Obama may have a tough time convincing some on Iran deal

July 17, 2015 Arthur Lieber Consumer issues, International, Obama Leave a comment

Like the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, the nuclear deal between Iran and five other countries including the United States is complicated, and the devil is

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What if the President spoke to us as if he was on “The Wire?”

January 27, 2015 Arthur Lieber Congress, Media, Obama Leave a comment

I’ve spoken with several people who just could not watch President Obama’s State of the Union speech. These are Obama supporters, but for various

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From Kennedy to Obama – what might have been

November 22, 2013 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Democrats, Good government, Humor, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections 4 comments

I was in eleventh grade when the shots were fired, the announcement was made, and the LBJ years began. Up until JFK, my father

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So-called scandals are too nuanced to be investigated by Republicans

May 20, 2013 Arthur Lieber Congress, Corporations, Democrats, Economy, Ethics, Financial reform, Government, Obama, Politics, Privacy/surveillance, Religion in Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Senate, Taxes, Voting/Elections One comment

How many times have we heard the phrase, “this is too important to be left to politics?” Yes, when we’re discussing foreign policy or

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