Lorna Ramage
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2020 Election
How To Prepare Yourself For Holiday Political Conversations
While spending a day at her grandmother’s house, Brittani Miles and her father had a disagreement. The father-daughter dispute centered around vote-by-mail fraud, an issue which continues to elicit conversations as President Donald Trump claims President-elect Joe Biden “stole” the 2020 presidential election despite a failure to offer substantial evidence.…
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2020 Election
How to Vote Absentee — The Right Way
An unprecedented number of Georgians voted through absentee ballots in the June primaries — around 1.15 million, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s office. While historically, only 3 to 6% of Georgians vote absentee, in the primaries almost half of the total vote was accounted for by absentees, said…
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Doing Journalism
ANNOTATED: Dachau: Gates Hiding Secret Corner of Nazi World Now Used to ‘Honor the Dead, Warn the Living’
Black iron gates mark the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Grounds with the promise “Arbeit Macht Frei”—“Work will set you free.” For the more than 200,000 prisoners who walked through these gates, their stolen properties, names, and dignities would never be reclaimed. Why It’s Newsworthy: In the decades following the systematic…
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Diversity
Dachau: Gates Hiding Secret Corner of Nazi World Now Used to ‘Honor the Dead, Warn the Living’
Black iron gates mark the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Grounds with the promise “Arbeit Macht Frei”—“Work will set you free.” For the more than 200,000 prisoners who walked through these gates, their stolen properties, names, and dignities would never be reclaimed. Dachau’s History The Dachau Concentration Camp, located in…
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In-Depth
Breaking German Stereotypes — Or Not? Munich Still Rooted in Traditions
Beer, brezen, and bar maidens: The trinity of Munich life. From the beer drinking gardens to Oktoberfest costumes, American perceptions of Germany may represent reality. #1: To Beer or Not To Beer Germany is home to more than 1,500 breweries, the most of any European country according to The…