First-time student voters consider critical issues in 2020 presidential election
Emily Rose Thorne, Editor in Chief
October 19, 2020
Nearly a third of Georgia voters who will vote in the 2020 general election are under 35 years old, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. That’s a growth rate of 68% for the age group since 2016. College student voter registration in particular surged from 19% in 2014 to 40% in 2018, the AJC reported. And Mercer University students vote at a much higher rate than regional undergraduate popula...
Here’s what you missed in Macon this summer
Marianna Bacallao, Editor-in-Chief
August 15, 2019
This summer, Macon joined several nationwide movements and welcomed a new business on Pio Nono Avenue. Here's what you missed while you were away.
A Need to Know Basis: Immigration
Marianna Bacallao, Layout Editor
August 14, 2018
The crisis at the United States border has dominated national news for months, but there is still confusion about the fate of separated families and what this means for immigration policy as a whole. Here’s a breakdown of what’s true, false and in between. The government has been reuniting families. Â...
Alabama's recent immigration laws racist to South American immigrants
Brittany Dant
October 4, 2011
It is time to take stock of our lives as Americans and face the question that has plagued our country for centuries: what should we do about immigration? Let us take it a bit further. What should we do about illegal immigration? Well, it seems that Alabama has a new plan to take on the question of immigration....