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							<title><![CDATA[Forget Trump, Focus on Pandemic and Economy]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/2/5/22268942/trump-impeachment-rescue-americans-pandemic-economy-laura-washington</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Trump is already gone. How do you impeach a president who's not a president? Why spend precious time and political capital taking away the power he no longer possesses?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does Biden Have the Mental Stamina to Win?]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/8/2/21350080/joe-biden-mental-acuity-dementia-laura-washington</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Many who read my column last week share my fear the presumed Democratic presidential nominee may not possess the mental stamina to win in November.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Joe Biden Keep It Together?]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/7/26/21337555/joe-biden-dementia-cognitive-ability-laura-washington</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a dreadful possibility, a whispered doubt that lurks at every Biden appearance.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary Remains Dems' Best Chance to Beat Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/hillary-clinton-2020-presidential-election-elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-democratic-party/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[She beat Donald J. Trump last time. At least, by the popular vote. Can she do it again this time, for real?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Never Too Late to Come Home, Barack]]></title>
							<link>http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/laura-washington-never-too-late-to-come-home-barack/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The first black president will deliver his valedictory in Chicago, a city where, the next president would say, African Americans are living in hell.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Speak Up, Black Leaders, on Killings of Young Blacks]]></title>
							<link>http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/7/71/1080272/laura-washington-speak-black-leaders-killings-young-blacks</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, near a gritty alley in Auburn-Gresham, Chicago'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s top cop declared it was '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'probably the most abhorrent, cowardly, unfathomable crime that I have witnessed in 35 years of policing.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'Police Supt.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Garry McCarthy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' stood at the podium, stooped, aggrieved.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' A...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Jesse Jr. Flew Too Close to Sun]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/16578317-452/jesse-jr-flew-too-close-to-sun.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Greek hero Icarus, son of the master craftsman Daedalus, was imprisoned on the island of Crete. According to Greek mythology, Daedalus built a magnificent pair of wings of wood and wax, and gave them to Icarus, with a warning: Go forth and fly, my son, but stay away from the sun, or...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary for President? Drumbeat Begins]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/16432254-452/hillary-clinton-for-president-the-drumbeat-begins.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Hillary 2016!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s already ordered the campaign buttons.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'We will be back in Iowa for Hillary in 2016!'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' my friend Terry Cosgrove, president and CEO of Personal PAC, emailed the other day.The wheels of the next presidential cycle are beginning to turn, and legions...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Election Is All About the Ground Game]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/15845132-452/obama-vs-romney-is-all-about-the-ground-game.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Some people know where the action is (my husband not included).At least for the next two weeks, the action is not in Chicago. Or anywhere in Illinois.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Draft Hillary, Obama Needs a Bounce]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/14555174-452/heres-hoping-for-change-hillary-clinton-for-vp.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here she comes again. She'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s going to cue up that broken record, once again. She'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s going to beat that old horse down, down into the ground.Here'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s my pitch, one more time. Hillary Clinton for vice president is a hands-down, sure-fire victory strategy for President Barack...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Still Not Ready to Talk About Race]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/10131993-452/still-not-ready-to-talk-about-race.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[So much conversation, but are we really talking? I mulled that question after I saw '&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';'Race,'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' a new production at Chicago'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s Goodman Theatre. It'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s the latest play by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet.After successful runs in New York and San Francisco, the Chicago native...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The &quot;Angry Black Woman&quot; Fights Back]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/9995384-452/first-lady-right-to-call-it-what-it-is.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The angry black woman is fighting back.Last week, first lady Michelle Obama responded to a prevailing stereotype of the African-American woman as a militant creature who doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t know how good she has it and doesn'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t deserve it anyway.It dates back to the shackles and slave...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hillary as VP Is Best Response to Gingrich]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/9342848-452/hillary-as-vp-is-best-response-to-gingrich-nomination.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How about a Clinton/Gingrich rematch? No one is better at getting Newt Gingrich'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s nose out of joint than Hillary Clinton.If the former U.S. House Speaker continues his presidential surge, look for Secretary of State Clinton to sign on as Barack Obama'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new running mate.Gingrich...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Nod Puts Jackson Jr. Ahead]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/8615213-452/obamas-nod-puts-jackson-jr-ahead.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Triple J is emerging from under a political boulder. He'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s shovel-ready.Fox News Chicago reported last week that President Barack Obama has told U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. he will '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'absolutely'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' support him for re-election. That tidbit might be just enough to save...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Could Obama-Hillary Ticket Rescue Dems?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/8087427-452/the-allure-of-an-obama-hillary-ticket.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Hillary to the rescue? That rumor-theory-speculation-spin-Hail Mary pass has been circulating around the political hustings for the last year.The Washington mouths are blabbering that Vice President Joe Biden will take a political bullet for his president and step off the 2012...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[MSNBC Hired Sharpton to Carry Obama's Water]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/7292920-452/the-politics-of-sharptons-new-gig.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In black America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s cacophonous search for its own voice, the Rev. Al Sharpton is a tuba, and Tulane University Professor Melissa Harris-Perry is a flute. America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s leading black journalists can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t even get into the orchestra pit.That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the score on cable channel...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Flawed GOP Field Thrills Dems]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/7162777-452/flawed-gop-field-thrills-democrats.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For Democrats, the current Republican presidential front-runners are a fortunate triplet: Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. That could be the lineup that rolls out of the gate in the 2012 presidential primaries: Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman, will take her home state...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[&quot;Hope &amp; Change&quot; Air Getting Thin]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/7029179-452/hope--change-air-getting-thin.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[No change from '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'change.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' That'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s the message President Barack Obama left Chicago after his Aug. 3 whirlwind birthday/campaign stop at the Aragon Ballroom in Uptown.A day after the controversial debt ceiling deal was sealed, Obama hit the campaign trail to send a message to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Lame GOP Field Has Obama Sleeping Easy]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/5492348-452/lame-gop-field-good-for-obama.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Every morning, Barack Obama must rise, pinch  himself and wonder: Am I still dreaming, or is the 2012 Republican field  really this lame?Obama would be wise to keep knocking on wood, or  shall I say the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'wooden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Mitt Romney. The president'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s run of personal  political good...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Giannoulias Win? Don't Bank on It]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/2335694,CST-EDT-laura31.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The call came from a fervent and fretting supporter of Illinois Treasurer Alexi   Giannoulias. U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky was unloading an earful, bemoaning my lack of critical thinking on the Illinois Democratic nominee's chances of snagging Barack Obama's Senate seat in November."I am...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Needs a Black Agenda]]></title>
							<link>http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/4048/obama_needs_a_black_agenda/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Donations cover 70% of our operating costs. Please help In These Times continue to publish. Donate today.The first black president of the United States cannot credibly govern without a national black agenda. But don'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'t depend on him to front it.For the last 22 months, Sen. Barack Obama...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Blacks' Dreams Will Come True. Then What?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/1256508,CST-EDT-laura03.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Memo to McCain: Platitudes Don't Play]]></title>
							<link>http://www.suntimes.com/news/washington/1150276,CST-EDT-laura08.article</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Laura Washington</author>
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