When Poverty Was at the Center of a Presidential Campaign

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Pearl River      Jason DeParle, who covers the poverty beat for the New York Times, says the Harris-Trump contest “presents the sharpest clash in antipoverty policy in at least a generation, and its outcome could shape the economic security of millions of low-income Americans.” In noting the differences, he reports that Harris “…would seek to sustain …

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Jail for Trump — No Way

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Marble Falls      The guilty conviction of former president, Donald Trump, on all thirty-four counts is huge.  No former president has ever been convicted of a felony.  The conviction’s impact is unclear, but early indications are that it is moving some voters away from him.  Now there is seemingly endless speculation over whether Trump should …

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