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Category: 2016 Election

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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Infographic: Are you really going to move to Canada if Trump wins?

July 7, 2016 Bobbi Clemons 2016 Election, Politics 2 comments

Every election year a familiar threat resurfaces, “If my candidate doesn’t win…I’m going to move to Canada!” The sentiment is posted on social media

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How the federal government may not be serving St. Louis well

July 1, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Cities, Federalism, Good government, Government, Infrastructure, Transportation Leave a comment

One of the challenges that progressives frequently face is that they like to be sticklers for facts, at least wherever possible. And since a

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A MO Democratic candidate calls for a Balanced Budget amendment. Wait, what?

June 27, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Budget, Government, Missouri region, Politics One comment

In a shocking policy statement released last week, Democrat Jason Kander—who is running for US Senate to unseat Republican incumbent Roy Blunt—announced that he

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Infographic: A history of women running for President

June 13, 2016 Bobbi Clemons 2016 Election, Voting/Elections, Widgets: Women, Women Leave a comment

Whether you’re pro or anti Hillary Clinton, you have to admit that a woman running for President of the United States is a good

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What Obama and Sanders can do to keep “the Bern” alive while helping Clinton

June 10, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Corruption, Democracy, Democrats, Financial reform, Good government, Obama, Police Leave a comment

President Barack Obama and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders met on Thursday, June 9, 2016 to discuss “where do we go now” following the primaries

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MO candidate’s first TV ad is a gun-totin’ spectacle

June 8, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Guns, Missouri region, People 7 comments

Eric Greitens is blasting his way into the public eye—and not in a good way. Most candidates’ first TV ads are homey affairs, introducing

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Defeating supply-side economics with supply-side democracy

June 8, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Campaigns, Corruption, Democracy, Ethics, Media, Voting/Elections 4 comments

One of the terms with which Republicans couch their conservative views is supply-side economics. It sounds innocent enough, but history since the “Reagan Revolution”

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With friends like hedge fund managers, education reform does not need enemies

May 25, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Business, Capitalism, Corporations, Education One comment

One of the oddities, for me, about what is happening in education now is how those promoting more standardized testing are called “reformers.” Really,

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Uncontested: One of the worst words in a democracy

May 25, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Campaigns, Democracy, Missouri region Leave a comment

It has always been hard to unseat an incumbent candidate. The advantages of already possessing a legislative title like State Representative or State Senator

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