David Faris

Contributing Writer

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.

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Briefing

Why are American teenagers feeling hopeless?

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Briefing

Will a tough-on-crime message resonate in lightning-rod Chicago?

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Briefing

What's ahead for quake-stricken Turkey and Syria?

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Briefing

The next pandemic?

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Who is Ruben Gallego?

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Can Bolsonaro's insurrectionists be deterred?

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Trevor Bauer, and domestic violence accusations in sports

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Opinion

What happens if the House can't pick a speaker?

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Opinion

Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?

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Briefing

What's behind the deadly strep A outbreak?

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Briefing

What's going on with Iran's raging protests?

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Briefing

Why did Merrick Garland appoint a special counsel to investigate Trump?

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Briefing

Is Iran preparing to execute dissidents?

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Briefing

The top 5 uncalled races of the 2022 midterms

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Briefing

How polling averages could be underestimating the Democrats

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Briefing

Everything to know about the 2022 World Series

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Briefing

The case of the vanishing snow crabs

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Briefing

Pennsylvania's Fetterman, ableism, and NBC

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What to expect in this year's revamped baseball playoffs

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Briefing

In the path of Ian

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Briefing

Why are Armenia and Azerbaijan fighting?

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Briefing

Shohei Ohtani's magnificent season

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Biden's call to defend democracy

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Briefing

A new deal for Iran and the U.S.?

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The most overlooked TV shows of 2022

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Briefing

Liz Cheney for president?

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Briefing

Everything you need to know about Tuesday's primary results

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What to expect from MLB's 2022 trade deadline

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Brazil's big lie?

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Biden's tricky balancing act in the Middle East

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Feature

The best World War I movies

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Briefing

Did Texas Republicans endorse secession at their party convention?

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What we learned from Tuesday's primaries

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Briefing

What's at stake in France's parliamentary elections?

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Briefing

The legal complexities of gun control, explained

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Are you going to get relief from your student loans?