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Democrats stopped listening to Bruce Springsteen: How the party lost its working-class rust-belt base

John Russo, Sherry Linkon
Donald Trump speaks to the National Guard Association of the United States, Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, in Baltimore. (AP/Evan Vucci)

No passes for stereotyping of any kind: Hillary might have stooped to Trump’s level

John Russo, Sherry Linkon
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The half-life of deindustrialization: Why Donald Trump is just a symptom

Sherry Linkon
FILE - In this July 23, 2016 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, accompanied by her running mate, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., speaks at a rally in Miami. The Democratic National Convention speaker’s lineup has highlighted an increasingly diverse country that could soon elect the first female president as successor to its first black chief executive. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) (AP)

Welcome to the East Side: How Clinton and Kaine can make Youngstown a call for unity

Sherry Linkon
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Plagiarism at its worst: What we can learn from Melania Trump’s copycat RNC speech

Sherry Linkon, John Russo