Buncombe County sees a 175 percent increase in mail-in voting
Joe Lehrman Sports Editor jlehrman@unca.edu Buncombe County received an influx of mail-in votes as the state began accepting absentee ballots
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Donald Trump
Current round of anti-immigrant laws leave country in state of flux
With the advent of Trump’s Travel and Muslim Bans, discussion about immigration to the United States has become more of a hot button issue and nowhere is this more evident than in the national conversation surrounding refugee resettlement. Recently, many organizations have stepped to the forefront when it comes to raising their voices about the legal issues refugees face upon arrival in the U.S.
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NC Dreamers affected by Trump’s DACA rescission
Donald Trump wants to deport all undocumented people in the United States. More than 800,000 of these people are Dreamers, undocumented individuals who either came to the U.S. very young or were born here and have received DACA grants that allow them to stay and work and attend college. With Trump’s rescission of this DACA program, these Dreamers face deportation from the only home they’ve ever known.
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Global refugee population rises to all-time high
65.6 million people in the world are displaced and the numbers show no sign of slowing down. American sentiment toward refugees has proven to be less than favorable and according to some, also will not cease.
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Trump Administration rattles the queer community
Mickey Bush, a UNC Asheville student, reflects on what it is like being a young queer person in Trump’s America.
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President Trump’s xenophobic rhetoric normalizes bigotry in the US
His xenophobic rhetoric is used by several of his supporters who verbally or even physically assault anyone who does not fit their narrow mold of what they believe an American should look or sound like.
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SGA discusses recent ban, assures the campus community not directly impacted by national politics
In the 49th senate meeting, SGA discussed their plans for the campus community and how to move forward from the executive order impacting international travel, as well as its impact on the campus community.
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Stand with Standing Rock: Rally in Asheville focuses on Dakota Access Pipeline
In Asheville, a large group of individuals gathered at Vance Monument to express solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux. They stand firmly against the North Dakota Pipeline that President Donald Trump is eager to push forth.
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Trump cannot be allowed to control the truth
R. Gray Opinion Section Editor rgray1@unca.edu President Trump is trying, in haunting Orwellian fashion, to be the sole arbiter of
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Beat from the street (January 31, 2017)
We talked to a Trump supporter and a Trump protester on the weekend on January 20-21.
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