by Sara Wilson | Mar 2, 2020 | Featured, Politics
The overwhelming vote last week in the House of Representatives to designate lynching as a federal hate crime shows just how sluggish the pace of change can be in America. The House voted 410-4 on Feb. 26 to designate lynching as a federal hate crime, 120 years after...
by Joe Snell | Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured, Living
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Through voter registration events and driving voters to the polls, Journey Church Associate Pastor Martin Quick wants his congregation of over 1,000 to take Saturday’s South Carolina Democratic primary vote seriously. Churches...
by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign2020, Politics
For Cam Smith, a student at the University of South Carolina, voting in the 2020 democratic primary is more than a chance to pick the next democratic presidential candidate. Growing up in a political engaged household, it’s an action that has been a long time coming....
by Aishwarya Airy and Brian Johnson | Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured, Politics
FAYETTEVILLE– Hours before former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg announced he was suspending his campaign for the presidency on Sunday night, Buttigieg campaign staff and volunteers were still optimistic about his chances to win the North Carolina Democratic...
by Chiara Vercellone and Sara Wilson | Mar 2, 2020 | Featured, Politics
1. The Senate is voting Monday to end the debate over the Advanced Geothermal Innovation Leadership Act (S. 2657), which intends to accelerate geothermal energy development in the U.S., and develop programs at the Department of Energy to enhance existing geothermal...
by Aishwarya Airy | Feb 26, 2020 | National Security
WASHINGTON– With a possible signing of the U.S.-Taliban peace deal in the works, the disputed results of the recent Afghan election could complicate the ability of government representatives to negotiate with the Taliban, experts on the long U.S. involvement in...