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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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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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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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 to expect from MLB's 2022 trade deadline
Speed Read Here's who should start packing their bags
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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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Did Texas Republicans endorse secession at their party convention?
Speed Read Why the proposal should have GOP leaders outside of Texas quaking in their boots
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How far can states go in regulating guns in the aftermath of Uvalde?
Speed Read The legal landscape surrounding state and national efforts to restrict firearms in the United States may soon be shifting following another high-profile mass shooting.
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Are you going to get relief from your student loans?
Speed Read Everything you need to know about the Biden administration’s loan forgiveness plans
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Ozark finally acknowledges its victims in its brilliant final season
opinion Not since 'The Americans' has a series grappled this seriously with the lives ruined by its antiheroes
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Is Beijing paying attention to Russia's faceplant in Ukraine?
opinion Russia's bungled invasion should have China rethinking its reunification ambitions
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What if we'd known COVID would last 2 years?
opinion The follies and foibles of life in the pandemic
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Why the Ukraine crisis is being treated differently than Yemen or Syria
opinion Liberal internationalism gets its wake-up call
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Biden sounds a note of COVID optimism, but was it enough?
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Kick Russia off the U.N. Security Council!
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Will Putin pay for a limited war?
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The unexpectedly dark underside of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
opinion Has the show always been this grim?
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What do the players really want in the MLB standoff?
opinion And are they asking for the impossible?
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Where the U.S. and Russia originally went wrong on Ukraine
opinion A crisis three decades in the making
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Station Eleven and the sweetness of life on Earth
opinion The apocalypse show, which aired its finale Thursday, is strangely and beautifully hopeful
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