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Region Was Radically Different In 1940
washingtontimes.com 12 hours, 26 minutes agoIn 1940, the office-tower core of downtown Washington, D.C., was the black section of town; much of Southeast was entirely white; the suburbs did not exist and almost no one went to college. Houses in the Washington area were then, as now, far more expensive than in other parts of ...
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Researchers Find Link Between Isolated State Capitals, Corruption
npr.org 3 days, 20 hours agoPolitical scientists have long noted the propensity for self-dealing among politicians in out-of-sight, out-of-mind state capitals like Albany, NY and Springfield, Ill. After comparing federal corruption convictions of state officials and the relative isolation of state capitals, two researchers found a strong correlation.










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