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With government funding running out soon, expect more brinkmanship despite public dismay at political gridlock

The deadline to fund the US government is fast approaching, and it will take a Congress seemingly addicted to brinkmanship to keep the government open.

With government funding running out soon, expect more brinkmanship despite public dismay at political gridlock
Business|Economy|News

Wealthier, urban Americans have access to more local news – while roughly half of US counties have only one outlet or less

The number of nonprofit news outlets is holding steady as they go out of business just as fast as they are founded.

Wealthier, urban Americans have access to more local news – while roughly half of US counties have only one outlet or less
Economy|News|US

How much does a government shutdown hurt the economy? Depends how long it lasts

As Democrat and Republican leaders negotiate a potential spending deal to fund the government, the partial shutdown of 2013 offers some clues about the economic impact should they fail.

How much does a government shutdown hurt the economy? Depends how long it lasts
Election|News|US

2024 is not 1968 − and the Democratic convention in Chicago will play out very differently than in the days of Walter Cronkite

The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago was a nightmare of protest, violent policing and chaos. How will Chicago handle the political and media event that is this year’s Democratic convention?

2024 is not 1968 − and the Democratic convention in Chicago will play out very differently than in the days of Walter Cronkite
Entertainment|News|US

Chicagoans watch films of the violent 1968 convention protests to get ready for the Democratic convention

As the Democratic National Convention returns to Chicago, there’s an appetite in that city to revisit films from the bloody and violent time the convention was last held in that city: 1968.

Chicagoans watch films of the violent 1968 convention protests to get ready for the Democratic convention
MidEast|Political

Hamas at a crossroads: Sinwar’s death leaves a vacuum; Israeli actions make it harder to fill with a moderate

Where next for the militant group that is weakened, alienated from Arab moderate governments and increasingly unpopular among Gazans?

Hamas at a crossroads: Sinwar’s death leaves a vacuum; Israeli actions make it harder to fill with a moderate
MidEast|Political|World

Syrians, in a triumph of hope, turn the page on the horrors of Assad

The Syrian revolution is profoundly significant to those who suffered suffocating repression, surveillance and everyday indignities under a brutal dictator.

Syrians, in a triumph of hope, turn the page on the horrors of Assad

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