News & Commentary

Greenville, S.C. July 3, 2014. USA Today. By Rudolph Bell (Greenville News). Greenville has joined a movement of local governments installing plaques bearing the national motto, "In God We Trust."

Civil liberties group says current districts lack population balance, undermining right to vote

June 12, 2014. Charleston. Post & Courier. By Diane Knich.Charleston police officers soon could be wearing body cameras to record all of their interactions with citizens, a practice that has sparked privacy concerns with the American Civil Liberties Union.

June 6, 2014. Think Progress. By Tara Culp-Ressler. As harsh abortion clinic restrictions spread across the South, threatening to leave a large swath of the country without access to reproductive health services, one state is bucking the trend. Lawmakers in South Carolina concluded their legislative session this week without passing measures to further restrict abortion rights.

April 15, 2014. Columbia. WMBF News. By Michael Turner. A group that represents South Carolina's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community partnered with ACLU of South Carolina to protest what they say are unfair marriage and tax laws.

May 14, 2014. Columbia. The State. By Millicent Brown & Victoria Middleton. On this week’s 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision striking down de jursegregation, the school-to-prison pipeline once again is teaching children of color that they are indeed separate and that they are certainly not equal.

April 28, 2014. Charleston, SC. Post & Courier. Letter to the Editor by Victoria Middleton. David Slade's article on juvenile detention ("Juvenile Justice System Fails to Educate," April 16) exposes the shortcomings of our juvenile detention centers in our state. Instead of faulting the Department of Juvenile Justice education facilities, however, we should ask how we can do a better job of keeping kids out of the juvenile justice system in the first place - which means keeping them in school and addressing discipline issues in ways that have proven successful in other states

April 28, 2014. Columbia. Charleston Post & Courier. By Andrew C. Smith, AP. A House budget proposal to cut $70,000 from two South Carolina universities for assigning gay-themed books to freshmen might not get much of a reception in the Senate.

March 14, 2014. SC Radio Network. By Matt Long. A South Carolina Senate panel on Thursday advanced legislation that would require physicians who perform abortions to be board-certified in gynecology and obstetrics, as well as having privileges to admit patients to nearby hospitals.