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Johns Island residents gather at the Berkeley Electric Cooperative parking lot to voice their opposition to project proposal
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Johns Island Residents Speak Out Against Proposed Hurricane Debris Burn Site

Charleston County is considering the purchase of more than 90 acres on Johns Island for multi-use including hurricane debris management.

Amy Sutherland addresses media demanding accountability from Scarlett Wilson, Solicitor for the Ninth Judicial Circuit | Phot
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Amy Sutherland says Solicitor Scarlett Wilson “has lied to my family”; is joined by Arbery, Floyd and Wright Families in demand for justice

Civil rights leaders joined the family of Jamal Sutherland, a mentally ill Black man who died in the Al Cannon Detention Center after being tased excessively by two deputies, to hold Ninth Circuit Solicitor, Scarlett Wilson accountable and implore her to “do the right thing.”

U.S. President Joe Biden holds a meeting with baby formula manufacturers in Washington
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The Biden Administration | Hope & Skepticism

Joe Biden’s electoral victory over Trump was a big relief for those who advocate for immigrants’ rights. The immigrant community is hopeful and skeptical at the same time.

Migrants in Roma, Texas
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The Biden Administration: What Has He Done So Far?

Democrats do not always pass favorable policies for immigrants. This article will focus on the policies, beneficial and harmful, that the Biden administration has already passed.

Central American migrants are seen inside an enclosure where they are being held by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),
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The Trump Administration: Cruelty As A Deterrent

Immigration attorney Marty Rosenbluth voices that Barr, Sessions and other Attorney Generals under the Trump administration “overturned decades of precedents in immigration courts, particularly asylum but also with types of reliefs and ways people can apply to stay here.”

Border Patrol agents arrest migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in the desert near Ajo, Arizona, U.S., September 11,
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The Trump Administration: Sowing Division

The Trump administration was all-around devastating to immigrants, refugee seekers, the Latinx community, and all immigrants and people of color.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit
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The Obama Administration: DACA & Deportations Part 2

The Obama administration has a complicated mix of beneficial and harmful impacts on undocumented immigrants.

The Obama Administration: DACA & Deportations
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The Obama Administration: DACA & Deportations

The Obama administration has a complicated mix of beneficial and harmful impacts on undocumented immigrants.

The Reagan Administration: From Undocumented To Citizen
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The Reagan Administration: From Undocumented To Citizen

Many may be surprised to know that in 1986, Republican President Ronald Reagan signed arguably the most beneficial immigration reform in U.S. history. The Simpson-Mazzoli Act of 1986 gave a path to citizenship to almost 3 million undocumented immigrants, one of those being my father.

DHEC Confirms First Three Cases of Omicron Variant in South Carolina;Vaccines and Masks Continue to be Best Protection
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DHEC Confirms First Three Cases of Omicron Variant in South Carolina;Vaccines and Masks Continue to be Best Protection

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed the state’s first three reported cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Dec. 15, 2021.

'Serve And Protect' Who?
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‘Serve And Protect’ Who?

The Delayed Police Response To The Uvalde School Shooting Is The Latest Incident That Raises Questions About Law Enforcement As Currently Constructed

Black & Latine led coalition dedicated to developing resources, tools & relationships to address systemic inequality in Black
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Charleston County Government Responds To Language Access Information Request

Last month The Lowcountry Black and Latine Coalition launched a campaign asking local governments to provide language access of information for Spanish speakers.

Charleston Battery Names Conor Casey As New Head Coach
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Charleston Battery Names Conor Casey As New Head Coach

The Charleston Battery have named Conor Casey head coach, the club announced Monday. Casey becomes just the sixth head coach in the club’s thirty-year history.

Pro abortion protestors hold a vigil outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Jus
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Abortion Bans ‘Threaten The Health & Lives Of Women Of Color’

States may soon have the power to decide whether or not women have bodily autonomy. The Supreme Court has confirmed the leaked draft opinion, obtained by Politico, that would overturn Roe v. Wade. The draft opinion was written by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.

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