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Canvassing for a real progressive, not letting back-room politics get in the way

September 30, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Missouri region, Voting/Elections 3 comments

It’s political canvassing time in Missouri’s 83rd State Representative District, and I’m out on the not-very-mean streets of an affluent, inner-ring suburb in St.

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One candidate, refusing corporate money, can make a difference

August 25, 2010 Madonna Gauding Politics One comment

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a 1939 American dramatic film directed by Frank Capra and starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, about one

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