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Bruce Rauner
November 13, 2018
Lauren Kaori Gurley
The Backlash to the GOP’s Union-Bashing Has Begun in Earnest
After a string of attacks on organized labor across the Midwest in recent years, Republicans are starting to pay at the polls.
October 6, 2017
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Battle of the Plutocrats
Why are Democrats backing a billionaire venture capitalist in one of 2018's most critical races?
March 21, 2016
Clio Chang
Illinois’s public and community colleges are in danger of closing.
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Peter Moskowitz
Republicans Think They've Finally Figured Out How to Kill Unions
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A case study in Illinois

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