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First we need our voices heard

Letter to the Editor | Friday, November 30, 2018

Single-issue voters dominate the U.S. political system, voting for candidates that pass their litmus test whether it be healthcare, abortion, immigration or gun control. Unfortunately, the winner of most elections are already decided due to a combination of legislation that skews the vote one way or the other; democracy is a prerequisite to representative policy,

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Register your right

Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, March 20, 2018

On March 7th, 1965, approximately 600 people peacefully marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Their goal: expand the franchise to African-Americans across the South and fight unconstitutional barriers to the ballot box through nonviolent protest. The marchers, however, were met with hate and violence, billy clubs and tear gas. Through adversity, they resisted injustice, their