David Faris
David Faris is an associate professor of political science at Roosevelt University and the author of It's Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics. He is a frequent contributor to Informed Comment, and his work has appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, The Christian Science Monitor, and Indy Week.
Latest articles by David Faris
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What happens if the House can't pick a speaker?
opinion It could go one of four ways
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Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?
opinion The sharpest opinions on the debate from around the web
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What's behind the deadly strep A outbreak in the U.K.?
Speed Read The cluster of cases has led to a run on home tests and fears of low antibiotic supplies
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What's going on with Iran's raging protests?
Speed Read How the death of one young woman set off a firestorm of protests against Iran's repressive policies
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Why did Merrick Garland appoint a special counsel to investigate Trump?
Speed Read Garland claims the former president forced his hand by announcing his 2024 ambitions
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Is Iran preparing to execute dissidents?
Speed Read A false rumor blew up on social media, but the situation in Iran remains dire
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The top 5 uncalled races of the 2022 midterms
Speed Read Experts are warning we might not know the results for 'weeks'
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How polling averages could be underestimating the Democrats
Speed Read Are Republican survey firms skewing midterm predictions?
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Phillies and Astros square off in one of baseball's biggest World Series mismatches
Speed Read There are underdogs, and then there's … a 6th-wildcard-spot team taking on the 106-win Houston behemoth
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The case of the vanishing snow crabs
Speed Read Alaska canceled its Bering Sea crabbing season for the first time ever. What happened to all the crustaceans?
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Pennsylvania's Fetterman, ableism, and NBC
Speed Read A controversial interview has sparked a conversation about ableism in politics. Can Fetterman overcome?
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Are you ready for a full, wild month of baseball playoffs?
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In the path of Ian
Speed Read Could the looming hurricane be one of the biggest in Florida's history?
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Why are Armenia and Azerbaijan fighting?
Speed Read The tense situation is rapidly evolving
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Shohei Ohtani's magnificent season
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Biden's call to defend democracy
Speed Read Why Republicans are up in arms about the president's fiery Philadelphia speech
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A new deal for Iran and the U.S.?
Speed Read If an agreement isn’t reached soon, talks may not resume until after the midterms — by which time Iran may already have built a nuclear weapon
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The most overlooked TV shows of 2022
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What's driving the Liz Cheney presidential speculation?
Speed Read The Wyoming lawmaker will almost certainly lose her re-election bid on Tuesday — but that might not be the last voters see of her
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Everything you need to know about Tuesday's primary results
Speed Read A stunning abortion vote, a good evening for Trump, and more
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What to expect from MLB's 2022 trade deadline
Speed Read Here's who should start packing their bags
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Brazil's big lie?
Speed Read Facing defeat, Brazil's president might be preparing to run Trump's playbook
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Biden's tricky balancing act in the Middle East
Speed Read As controversies swirl, a relatively uneventful trip would probably be a win
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The best World War I movies
feature Five films to watch for the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles
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