Mark Z. Barabak, Author at Greenfield Recorder

Mark Hughes, right, President of the Next Generation Action Network, Tarrant County chapter, leads an anti-Trump demonstration as a Trump supporter, left, counter-protests on the steps of the old Tarrant County Courthouse in downtown Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. (Brandon Wade/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS)

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‘We’re called redneck, ignorant, racist. That’s not true’

by Mark Z. Barabak Los Angeles Times, and Nigel Duara Los Angeles TimesNovember 13, 2016

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — When Audrey Kaatz and Ashley Wright finally decided whom to support for president, they kept the choice to themselves. They admired his business sense and blunt-spoken style. But voting for Donald Trump was not something the two…

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton participates in the third and final presidential debate at the University of Nevada Las Vegas on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, in Las Vegas. (Yin Bogu/Xinhua/Sipa USA/TNS)

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The final face-off

by Mark Z. Barabak Tribune Washington Bureau, and Evan Halper Tribune Washington BureauOctober 20, 2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shakes hands with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton following the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., on Monday.

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by Mark Z. Barabak Tribune Washington Bureau, Evan Halper Tribune Washington Bureau, and Michael Finnegan Tribune Washington BureauSeptember 26, 2016

In this combination of photos, Melania Trump, left, wife of Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, speaks during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016, and Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. Melania Trump's well-received speech Monday to the Republican National Convention contained passages that match nearly word-for-word the speech that first lady Michelle Obama delivered in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention.

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In-house speechwriter takes fall for Melania Trump’s plagiarism and says her offer to quit was refused

by Mark Z. Barabak Tribune Washington BureauJuly 20, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, pumps his fist as he arrives for at a rally at the Macomb Community College, Saturday, March 5, 2016, in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Sanders faces growing pressure to get behind Clinton’s candidacy

by Mark Z. Barabak Los Angeles Times, and Chris Megerian Los Angeles TimesJuly 10, 2016