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Opinion March 11, 2025

Young Voters Know Some, But Not Enough About Limits On Presidential Power

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Much has been made of a recent British survey claiming to show a majority of British Gen-Zers prefer a dictatorship….

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Opinion March 6, 2025

How A Big Trade War Helped Trigger The Great Depression

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College As I was teaching my international political economy class Tuesday, 3/4/25, we covered tariffs and trade wars. Such events played…

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Opinion March 2, 2025

Resisting Trump’s Autocracy is Working

[This is a submitted opinion article by John Popham, 1st Vice Chair of the Cobb County Democratic Committee] It’s been a month since Donald Trump took office and began “flooding…

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Opinion March 1, 2025

Georgia Must Get A Hurricane Helene Relief Extension From The White House

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Hurricane Helene was the third deadliest U.S. Hurricane in the last 50 years. The $80 billion damage estimate puts this…

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Opinion February 24, 2025

Bookman: Ossoff chose principle over politics voting against some weapons for Israel

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 20, 2025 Jon Ossoff is a Georgian, a U.S. senator and a Jew….

Opinion February 24, 2025

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Opinion February 21, 2025

Evidence That Georgia Should Expand Medicaid

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Will Georgia, one of the last ten states not to expand Medicaid, finally figure out how to do it in…

Opinion February 15, 2025

Senator Warnock Seeks Lower Prescription Drug Costs, And Bipartisanship

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College “Of all of the injustices, health care inequality is perhaps the biggest,” said Georgia Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock at a…

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Opinion February 12, 2025

Kemp’s lawsuit overhaul bills pass Senate panel, clearing their first legislative hurdle

by Maya Homan, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 11, 2025 Two bills aimed at upending Georgia’s lawsuit damage cap rules just…

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Opinion February 10, 2025

Building on the APEX Program to enhance school safety

By Melanie Dallas, LPC If Georgia is particularly focused on school safety right now, that’s understandable. Following the tragedy at Apalachee High School last year, we all want to make…

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