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Nov 19 2016
News
Ignore the Mob—Long Live the Electoral College
This week, anti-Trump protesters hit the streets in big cities around the country, chanting "This is what democracy looks like!" Yes. That's the problem.
For many Democrats, the greatest political system is the one that instills their party with the most power. Now that it looks like Hillary Clinton will "win" the fictional popular vote over Donald Trump, people—not just young people
Reason
Sep 05 2023
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US Court: New Alabama Electoral Map Still Disadvantages Black Voters
A US federal court threw out Alabama's newly redrawn electoral map Tuesday, saying it continues to deny fair political representation to Black Americans in violation of a Supreme Court ruling. A three-judge panel said the Alabama legislature's new map persisted in illegally watering down the voting power of African American citizens, effectively minimizing their ability to elect Black
Barron's
Sep 20 2023
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Sports Illustrated-Branded Resorts Are Coming to Sports-Obsessed College Towns
Travel + Leisure and Sports Illustrated Resorts are teaming up to bring "resort campuses" to college towns. The first resort will debut in late 2025 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where the University of Alabama is located, the companies said. Travel + Leisure acquired the rights to "the vacation ownership business" of Sports Hospitality Ventures, LLC, the hotel and resort licensee for Sports
The Messenger
Oct 02 2023
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Few Americans say conservatives can speak freely on college campuses, an AP-NORC/UChicago poll shows
Americans view college campuses as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes to free speech, with adults across the political spectrum seeing less tolerance for those on the right, according to a new poll.
Overall, 47% of adults say liberals have “a lot” of freedom to express their views on college campuses, while just 20% said the same of conservatives, according
Associated Press
Sep 20 2023
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Sports Illustrated planning its first college town resort in Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa will be the first location for a line of Sports Illustrated college town resorts. The project is part of a joint venture by Travel + Leisure Co. and Sports Hospitality Ventures, the hotel and resorts licensee for the Sports Illustrated brand. The resort will be part of a new network of sports-themed resort and lifestyle complexes in popular college towns near universities with
AL.com
Jan 06 2021
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Five things to watch during Electoral College battle
The typically ceremonial process of Congress formally tallying the Electoral College votes on Wednesday will instead serve as a stress test of American democracy.
President Trump’s push for congressional Republicans to try to overturn his election loss to President-elect Joe Biden is sure to fail, but not without a long, drawn-out brawl expected to last into the night or possibly
The Hill
Sep 16 2023
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Kentucky Wildcats take on Akron Zips in Saturday college football
Kentucky Wildcats take on Akron Zips in Saturday college football Corbin Roberts was decked out in a blue suit for the Catwalk before Kentucky's game against Akron in Saturday's game at Kroger Field in Lexington. Sept. 16, 2023 Matt Stone/Louisville Courier Journal Kentucky outside linebacker JJ Weaver greets fans at the Catwalk before the Wildcats' game against Akron in Saturday's game at
The Courier-Journal
Jan 07 2021
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Congress certifies Joe Biden’s Electoral College win
Congress early Thursday morning certified President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory after two Republican-led challenges to swing state electors were shot down.
The certification of Biden’s 306 electoral college votes was delayed for hours after lawmakers were forced into lockdown when an angry pro-Trump mob wreaked havoc on the Capitol building Wednesday.
Before confirming
New York Post (News)
Jan 06 2021
News
McConnell Condemns Republican Objections To Electoral College Results
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., delivered blistering remarks Wednesday afternoon against President Trump and his Republican colleagues who are objecting to the Electoral College results, saying of Congress: "We cannot simply declare ourselves a national board of elections on steroids."
"We'll either hasten down a poisonous path where only the winners of an election
NPR (Online News)
Sep 25 2023
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Robberies at Loyola, DePaul prompt safety concerns among college students across Chicago
From the University of Illinois Chicago to DePaul University and Loyola University, Chicago has recently seen an uptick in armed robberies on or near college campuses at all different times of the day. On Saturday, Loyola University Campus Police sent out an alert, advising that three students were robbed outside Marquette Hall before 4 a.m. Meanwhile, neighbors heard commotion near the UIC
NBC 5 Chicago