By: Greyson Clark April 27th saw the culmination of a month-long political battle of words. More importantly, the day also marked the successful execution of a plan devised by four students at a Wilcox County high school. Wilcox County, located in southern Georgia, has a high school with two proms. One prom is for white students. One prom is for [...]
By: Andrew Jarnagin Scott Holcomb represents District 81 in the Georgia House of Representatives. Before being elected to office, he served as an attorney in the U.S. Army Jag Corps, with overseas postings in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He is currently enrolled in the Executive MBA program at UGA’s Terry College of Business, and is a member of the Truman [...]
By: Megan Ernst Sandeela Kanwal immigrated to the United States from Pakistan, escaping the strict social codes placed on women. Or so she thought. Instead, Sandeela’s father murdered her for seeking a divorce from an arranged marriage. Shortly after she arrived in Georgia, her father began pressuring her to marry her first cousin to speed up his immigration process. She [...]
By: Charlie Spalding The race to replace the retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss is beginning to take shape, particularly on the Republican side. Two candidates have already declared their intention to run in the Republican primary, precipitating a domino effect across the state’s congressional districts. Nate Silver assesses the race to be “Likely Republican,” yet potential candidates also continue to be [...]
By: Chris Neill Rep. Paul Broun’s status as the only candidate to have formally entered the 2014 Senate race came to an end with Rep. Phil Gingrey’s official announcement. But while others have spent time contemplating whether or not to put their names in the hat, Broun has hit the campaign trail hard. He gave a number of speeches and [...]
By: Nick Eberhart We all know the statistics about obesity: One-third of American adults are obese and medical costs for obese patients hover around $190 billion annually. Awareness of obesity has increased in recent years but it remains a persistent problem, with some experts estimating obesity rates as high as 60% in some states in 2040. With such diverse sources [...]
By: Chris Neill “I’m going to be the most electable candidate that will get in this Republican primary because I have the record and I have the will to say no to the out of control spending in Washington,” Rep. Paul Broun, M.D. (R-Ga.), boldly proclaimed during an interview with Georgia Political Review. “That’s what Georgians want, and I’m taking [...]
By: Jackson Garner The citizens of DeKalb County were given choices on November 6, 2012. Their choices were then transformed into representatives that were seen as legitimate through the eyes of not only the municipality that elected them, but also higher levels of government that respect their decision of representation. On Monday, February 25, however, Governor Nathan Deal announced that [...]
By: Russell Dye Primary elections in Georgia are a tricky ordeal. In order to win a primary election with multiple challengers, a candidate must receive at least 50 percent of the vote. If no one candidate receives over 50 percent of the vote, the candidates with the top two vote totals proceed to a two-person runoff election. Finally, the winner [...]
By: Greyson Clark Georgia is the worst of the worst, at least according to the Center for Public Integrity. Its project, State Integrity Investigation, puts Georgia in 50th place, making it the most likely state in which to find corruption. This is a blow to Southern pride. Or is the corruption, like Southern pride, a reflection of Georgia’s political culture? [...]
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