Meredith Howard, Co-Editor
November 16, 2018
Filed under Feature, News, Politics
In February 2017, President Trump tweeted “The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCnews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American people!”
What exactly is ‘fake news’, and is the media our enemy?
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Emma Shafer, Assistant Editor
November 5, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Local, Opinion, Politics
Thumbs up:
To those who chose to spend Nov. 6 volunteering at the polls.
Every election requires a team of people to work the polls from 6 a.m. until they close at 8 p.m. This group is an eclectic mix and is hired through t...
Emma Shafer, Assistant Editor
November 5, 2018
Filed under Editorial, Local, Opinion, Politics
In recent years, there have been increasing amounts of women running for public office across America. In 2016, America saw Hillary Clinton become the first female major-party nominated Presidential candidate. Illinois also saw th...
Tyler Buske, Lamp staff
November 5, 2018
Filed under Politics
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, only 61.4 percent of eligible voters voted in the 2016 election. The turnout for voters age 18 to 29 was only 46.1 percent.
Midterm elections, like the one this year, tend to have an even ...
Niko Robledo, Co-Editor
November 5, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Politics
Voting is not made easy, and there are a lot of hurdles to voting.
The United States is riddled with gerrymandering, voter suppression and the official voting day is a Tuesday. That's difficulty by design. The odds are stacked...
Paul Watson, Lamp staff
October 17, 2018
Filed under Politics, Showcase
Chris McDonald spoke to about 60 people at University of Illinois at Springfield concerning the origins of Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, the referendum campaign, election results, issues with separation strategies...
October 16, 2018
Emma Shafer, Assistant Editor
October 4, 2018
Filed under Campus News, Local, Politics, Showcase
On Sept. 22, Lincoln Land Community College students Claire Farnsworth and Ashley Broemmer helped organize an advocacy summit that was held at the Brookens Library Auditorium at the University of Illinois at Springfield. The ev...
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