In a 1775 cartoon, a British cartoonist mocks how wealthy elites were compelled by ordinary Americans to respect trade and price regulations.
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A Mississippi law that allegedly makes it 'more difficult for African-
American-preferred candidates to win elections' will still be in place when voters choose a new governor Tuesday.
The Mississippi House of Representatives can choose the winner of a gubernatorial election under certain circumstances.
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Electing a governor in Mississippi requires more than just a majority vote. That election law came about during a time of racist and anti-democratic voting laws meant to entrench ruling parties.
The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., whose profits go to the president and his family business.
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President Trump has been assailed for making money from his Washington hotel that's frequented by those who want to curry favor with him. Turns out, getting rich off politics is an old tradition.
Democratic U.S. 2020 election presidential candidates during the second night of the first Democratic presidential candidates’ debate.
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The problems facing America are unrestrained capitalism and corruption, said the Democratic presidential candidates over two nights of debates. Or was that really Teddy Roosevelt speaking?
An 1899 photograph of the pressroom of the Planet, a newspaper in Richmond, Va.
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To survive in 19th-century newsrooms, reporters would have to hustle to get by, even if it meant producing fakes, staging events and sharing work with reporters from competing newspapers.
Southern Pacific steam engine No. 1364 in 1891.
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