Tyra Hilliard Staff Writer After Hurricane Florence battered the east coast for nearly a week, the city of Wilmington on the coast of North Carolina is not out of the clear. The massive drop-off of rain pushed rivers to their flood stage. The cresting of rivers near and surrounding the coast, resulted in flash flood advisories as far north as New York and Boston. The … Continue reading The Aftermath of Hurricane Florence
Peyton Upchurch Staff Writer Due to a recent subpoena issued by the Trump administration, North Carolina election officials may be forced to comply with the release of millions of documents related to voting materials. The subpoena was delivered by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina and was made on behalf of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). … Continue reading Trump’s Demand for Voting Documents May Compromise Privacy of North Carolinians
Antonio Alamillo Staff Writer On Friday, Sept. 21, Paul Manafort pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy against the United States and obstruction of justice. The former Trump campaign chairman was charged last month on eight of eighteen counts of bank and tax fraud after hiding millions of illegal earnings made lobbying in Ukraine. Before the 2016 presidential election, Manafort worked as a lobbyist for former … Continue reading Former Trump Campaign Chairman Pleads Guilty
Alicia Connelly Staff Writer This May, more than 20,000 North Carolina teachers marched the streets of Raleigh, North Carolina to demand higher salaries for teachers across the board. The protest caused nearly 40 schools districts to cancel school for the day, as the number of protesting teachers outnumbered the amount of available substitutes. According to a study conducted by the Progressive Pulse, North Carolina teacher’s … Continue reading N.C. Teacher Wages Ranked Second to Last in Nation
Hannah Astin Staff Writer Former President Barack Obama has stepped back into partisan politics on the campaign trail in anticipation of the November 2018 midterms. His campaign focuses on two states, California and Ohio, that Democrats hope to win in November. Obama’s first campaign event took place in Orange County, California, a traditionally conservative area of the state where the Republicans may lose several seats … Continue reading Former President Barack Obama Returns to the Campaign Trail Ahead of November Midterms
Antonio Alamillo Staff Writer Since his July nomination to the United States Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh has caused major political tension to an already polarized Congress. If approved, Kavanaugh would replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, who retired on July 31. He would also be President Trump’s second Supreme Court Justice appointed after Justice Neil Gorsuch. While Justice Kennedy was a swing vote for many decisions, … Continue reading Deliberations Of Potential Supreme Court Judge Continue
Laura Ashley Powell Staff Writer Anita Earls, the founder and Executive Director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, has been endorsed by Progressive Takeover for her run for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court. Progressive Takeover is, according to their website, a “grassroots-funded progressive organization” that seeks to support Democratic, progressive candidates running in state elections. Democrats and Republicans have a 13:32 … Continue reading Progressive Takeover Endorses Anita Earls for NC Supreme Court
Tyra Hilliard Staff Writer After countless hours and millions of dollars, a 2000-foot-long invention was set loose in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Francisco to combat plastic debris. The project, which is financially supported by a nonprofit Ocean Cleanup, has a goal of trapping upwards of 150,000 pounds of plastic within a year of the giant trap’s deployment in hopes to take … Continue reading Nonprofit Releases Trap To Clean Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Luciano Gonzalez Staff Writer Federal subpoenas issued to the North Carolina’s State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement are requesting an unprecedented amount of voter information. This is causing backlash from the State Board of Elections, which has promised to fight the subpoenas. The purpose of the State Board is to administrate the elections process, and oversee campaign finance, ethics and lobbying disclosure and compliance. … Continue reading State Board of Elections Fighting Subpoenas Requested By Federal Government
Alicia Connelly Staff Writer A new topic began trending this week after footage taken at Aretha Franklin’s funeral showed the officiating pastor getting inappropriately touching singer Ariana Grande. Grande performed the song “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” at Franklin’s funeral, after which the officiating bishop made what onlookers felt were inappropriate advances towards Grande. Bishop Charles H. Ellis III reached his arm … Continue reading Ariana Grande Inappropriately Touched at Aretha Franklin’s Funeral
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