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Medical marijuana bill faces stiff opposition

Brent Nelsen, professor of politics and international affairs, was interviewed by WYFF News 4 about a medical marijuana bill in the South Carolina House of Representatives. The bill would allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana...

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One land’s work at healing can help U.S.

John Harris, a Furman University mathematics professor, proffers a mathematical approach for solving problems of social and political unrest in the U.S. in an opinion piece he wrote for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Following the rioting...

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Top three ways Biden can get us out of forever wars

Akan Malici, a Furman University professor of politics and international affairs, advances a three-pronged approach for staving off partisan politics in foreign policy for the Biden administration: 1) disavow post-cold war foreign policy ideologies, 2)...

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After saving Biden, Black voters in SC will help shape general election

Racial unrest stemming from the deaths of George Floyd and other Black people at the hands of police is a factor in this year's election, says Furman University's Danielle Vinson, a professor of politics and...

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How do you spend $85 million in key Senate race?

With only days away from the general election, the campaign warchest amassed during the last quarter by incumbent Lindsey Graham ($28 million) and Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison ($57 million), has political observers speculating about what...

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Dems have something to look forward to in senate race

The Democratic Party cleared the way for Jaime Harrison to run without a primary opponent, and with a platform that voters care about he's created competition and concern for incumbent Senator Lindsey Graham. In the...

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Graham, Harrison need to win ‘narrow group’ of SC voters in next debate

In the South Carolina U.S. Senate race, the two contenders for the seat are in a dead heat according to political observers. Three-term U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has inched ahead of Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison...

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Lindsey Graham suddenly in trouble in deep-red S.C.

An article in Bloomberg reports on the tenuous status of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham for re-election in South Carolina - a race that has evolved from solidly Republican to a "toss-up" according to some election...

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Why the Southeast is up for grabs in the 2020 election

Ronald Brownstein, senior political analyst for CNN Politics, offers a history lesson about swing states and the makeup of the Democratic and Republican electorates over the last century. For the piece, he taps the expertise...

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Even in COVID-19 hot spots, many colleges aren’t aggressively testing

As universities across the country grapple with COVID-19 and ever-changing guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the right way forward during the pandemic has proven to be a moving target. Elissa Nadworny...

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Jaime Harrison says there’s one battle he’s already won

Polls show Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison is neck and neck with incumbent Republican Senator Lindsey Graham for the U.S. Senate race in South Carolina. CNN National Political Writer Brandon Tensley, a 2012 Furman alumnus, writes...

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SC party leaders trade jabs over gunshot fired into local GOP office

After an unoccupied Lancaster County Republican Party office took a bullet to its glass facade on Sept. 20, a war of words erupted between SC GOP Party Chairman Drew McKissick and Democratic Party Chairman Trav...

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