by Zamone "Z" Perez | Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — As Gayle Tucker left her polling place at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Columbia, she asked a question that sums Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s poor performance in the “First in the South” primary on Saturday and her struggle to gain...
by Angelina Campanile, Sneha Dey and Rupa Palla | Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
NORFOLK, V.A.— Former Vice President Joe Biden relayed a renewed sense of hope to Virginia voters Sunday as some of the state’s top Democrats endorsed his Democratic presidential bid, similar to Rep. James Clyburn’s endorsement in South Carolina that was a vital part...
by James Pollard | Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Of the more than 6,000 political advertisements that have aired on Charlotte TVs this primary season, 79.8% of them are from Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, according to a recent report by...
by Zamone "Z" Perez | Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — With South Carolinians providing former Vice President Joe Biden a “firewall” to slow Sen. Bernie Sanders’ momentum, candidates are looking to capitalize on the delegate-rich states voting on Super Tuesday – and party officials say the...
by Greg Svirnovsky and Cassidy Wang | Mar 1, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Politics
CARRBORO, North Carolina –William Baker is a recent retiree who works on pianos in his downtime and plays in a bluegrass band. He helps run church concerts and hangs out with his adult daughter and her family. But on Sunday, he stood outside the Weaver Street...
by Benjamin Rosenberg | Mar 1, 2020 | Education, Featured
CHARLESTON, South Carolina — During his freshman year at The Citadel, Matthew Miller went to events with the College Republicans — because they were the only political activists on campus. Then he decided to create an alternative option. The Citadel, a military...
by James Pollard | Mar 1, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — The last time Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar saw the late Sen. John McCain, who was the Republicans’ 2008 presidential nominee, he gave her some important advice. Speaking in a ballroom filled with North Carolina...
by Benjamin Rosenberg | Mar 1, 2020 | Topics
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — With all the resources he put into the state and the support he had from the African American community, it was almost a foregone conclusion that Joe Biden would win South Carolina. The only question was by how much. The former vice...
by Zamone "Z" Perez | Mar 1, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Even before attending a ministers’ breakfast in Charleston on Wednesday, the faint outline of an ash cross could be seen on Joe Biden’s forehead. Christians have used this sign for millennia to symbolize Ash Wednesday, the first day of...
by Khadija Islow | Feb 29, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON– Secretary of State Mike Pompeo clashed with members of the House Committee of Foreign Affairs on Friday over the reasons given for killing Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani and President Donald Trump’s handling of the spread of the coronavirus. After...
by Olivia Olander | Feb 27, 2020 | Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON — With the 2020 primary season underway, voters in some states and overseas will cast their ballots electronically, instead of going to the polls or mailing in ballots. But the ease of electronic voting is unlikely to be available to most Americans in...
by Khadija Islow | Feb 27, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON—Sexual assault and sexual harassment cases by employees are pervasive at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and major reform is needed, House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman T.J. Cox said at a hearing on Thursday. From...
