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Archive of Articles for September, 2015

Albany Museum Of Political Corruption Student Essay Contest Announced

[ Posted Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015 – 17:37 UTC ]

In the intervening two years, College of Saint Rose professor Bruce Roter has made significant progress towards seeing his dream become a reality. He has secured a charter for his museum from the state, and is now in the process of filing paperwork registering as a non-profit (to assure that donations to the Museum of Political Corruption will be tax-deductible). And just yesterday, the M.P.C. announced its first-ever essay contest for high-school students, to answer the question: "What is political corruption and why should we care?"

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Obama Poll Watch -- August, 2015

[ Posted Tuesday, September 1st, 2015 – 17:24 UTC ]

President Barack Obama just had another bad August in the polls. This doesn't come as any real surprise, as summer seems to be the worst time of year for him throughout his term in office. Last month Obama posted the first positive July he ever has, but this month he reverted to form and slipped significantly in his job approval polling. Let's take a look at the new chart.

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