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Barack Obama addresses the killing of Medill alum James Foley

August 20, 2014

President Barack Obama addressed the execution of Medill alumnus James Foley on Wednesday calling his killing “an act of violence that shocks the conscience of the entire world.” Foley (Medill ‘08),...

FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver talks political predictions to Chicago audience

May 19, 2013

CHICAGO — Nate Silver, the much-discussed journalist behind The New York Times' FiveThirtyEight blog, revealed at a Sunday talk topics for a potential new book and made predictions about the 2016 presidential...

Kearney: An embarrassing end to McCain’s lifetime of service

February 24, 2013

Remember Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)? War hero, POW camp survivor, “maverick” of the Senate, rider of the “Straight Talk Express?” He ran for president twice, and was a particular beacon of integrity...

Kurtz: U.S.-Brazil relations show it takes two to samba

February 20, 2013

After a lengthy post-election spell in which domestic concerns such as immigration, gun control, psychotic former law-enforcement officials and ill-fated sea vessels dominated the news, stodgier issues...

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