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(02/08/21 3:14am)
Since 2017, much of the South Carolina General Assembly’s effort has been consumed by one thing: Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s power and water utility. Its fate is still up in the air, as lawmakers debate whether to reform it or sell it to NextEra Energy, a massive Florida-based energy company.
(02/02/21 3:05am)
It’s easy to see the current political climate as chaotic and confusing, but one way to get a grasp on what’s happening is to understand a wide variety of beliefs. To do this, it’s important to look at some of today’s most influential political ideologies.
(01/25/21 4:05am)
Since last March, everyone from Donald Trump to the WHO director-general has used warlike imagery to describe the COVID-19 pandemic. The dramatic flair is admirable, but not only is this sort of language bad at improving our public health response, it also reinforces harmful ideas about how society should address its problems.
(01/10/21 2:11am)
The people who stormed the U.S. Capitol Building Wednesday afternoon are not new, and they’re not going away. With this in mind, we can’t hesitate to call their movement what it is: Fascism.
(01/20/21 3:08am)
Despite all the time spent talking about how horrible 2020 was, we’ve spent relatively little time looking at why it was so bad. Perhaps it seems obvious — there was a pandemic, if you haven’t heard – but if we don’t look past the obvious, then we can’t expect 2021 and beyond to be much better.
(11/19/20 3:29am)
Democrat Joe Cunningham’s 2018 win in South Carolina’s traditionally Republican 1st Congressional District shocked the state two years ago. The blue wave did not survive 2020, though, and Cunningham’s 2020 loss to Nancy Mace reveals the limits of his centrist political style.
(11/30/20 4:00am)
Last month, Twitter and Facebook decided to restrict access to a likely false New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s time at a Ukrainian natural gas company. These decisions should not be celebrated as a victory against “fake news” because they set a dangerous precedent for the role of Big Tech in our media.
(11/09/20 3:57am)
As South Carolina first began to feel the effects of COVID-19, the USC faculty senate decided to give students the option to use a pass/fail grading system for the spring 2020 semester. In order to protect students’ mental health and academic success, the university should offer the same option for fall 2020 and all future semesters affected by the pandemic.
(11/01/20 10:07pm)
The confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court means if Democrats take control of the White House and the Senate, then they don’t have a choice: They must pack the court.
(11/05/20 3:14am)
After looking back on another election cycle's worth of debates, one thing is clear: We need a better way of comparing presidential candidates. One solution could be making moderators less important to the debate process.
(11/05/20 5:27pm)
It’s often said that in the South, college football is a religion. If that’s the case, then we need a shoulder-pad-wearing Martin Luther — because college football is in an unsustainable position, and there’s no clear way out.
(10/27/20 7:52pm)
Restaurant workers have been one of the hardest-hit groups of workers by COVID-19, but unfair working conditions didn't appear out of nowhere six months ago.