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Sep 25, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
It’s been 2,965 days since freelance journalist and #MarineCorps veteran Austin Tice disappeared at a checkpoint outside of Damascus, Syria. #FreeAustinTice. “Every second he stays in captivity cuts a deeper wound in the hearts of my family," his brother Jacob writes, calling on all of us to help: thestate.com/opinion/articl…
Aug 20, 2020 26 tweets 27 min read
HAPPENING NOW: How should #SC schools, educators and parents tackle the challenges we're facing in #education and learning during a #pandemic? Join our panelists in a conversation as we get ready for a new version of going #backtoschool. #LearningCurveSC thestate.com/learningcurve Image Welcome to #LearningCurveSC. First up: @Rbrown_SCOpin is talking school safety with @greenhousemd and @plkelly27.

How can we be sure the issues happening in other states won't happen here?
Jul 22, 2020 5 tweets 5 min read
SERIES: #LeadingSCProtests
For over a month now, thousands have been out marching and protesting across the country, including here in #SC. The State sat down with seven young people from the #protests against systemic #racism in #Columbia. (1/5) thestate.com/news/local/civ… “I felt like the world stood still ... and I said to myself, ‘Today, we’re happy, so we can think clearly.’” #LeadingSCProtests (2/5) thestate.com/news/local/civ…
Jun 30, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
Sandra Priester, Willie Mae Wright and Randy Spires are 3 of the more than 700 #SC residents who lost their lives to the #coronavirus. They were know for loving - loving their family, friends and strangers. Here's how they're remembered. (1/5) thestate.com/news/coronavir… “You could be a stranger on the street and say you were hungry and didn’t have a place to stay, and she would take you in. She didn’t care who you were.” (2/5) thestate.com/news/coronavir…
Jun 1, 2020 23 tweets 10 min read
Mayor @SteveBenjaminSC is talking with protestors outside of the SC State House. #GeorgeFloydprotest Image Cars continue to honk and the crowd cheers as they drive by the State House.