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In a hypothetical presidential matchup, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis would garner more support against President Joe Biden than former President Donald Trump would, a new poll from Marquette University finds. Forty-five percent of registered voters preferred DeSantis, versus 38% of registered voters who preferred Biden in a hypothetical matchup between the two. In a hypothetical contest between Biden and Trump, the two were even, each gaining 40% of registered voters' preference. Just among Republican voters and independents who lean Republican, DeSantis had a slightly higher favorability rating. Seventy-one percent of those voters said they have a favorable view of...

UNC Asheville will host two human rights events on Saturday, April 2, in UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall. Human Rights Watch Special Counsel Reed Brody will discuss “From Guantanamo to Abu Ghraib: Getting Away with Torture” at noon. A screening of “The Corporation” will follow at 2 p.m. Events are free and open to the public. Brody is special counsel at Human Rights Watch, the largest American human rights organization. He is author of the recent HRW reports, “The Road to Abu Ghraib,” which examines the roots of the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal, and “The United States’ ‘Disappeared,’ ” which...

WINSTON-SALEM -- Last week voters went to the polls to select a vision for the future. Now Americans must find a way forward together. This week, as we honor service and sacrifice on Veterans Day, an image from this political season must be put to rest. The presidential campaign featured the resurgence of a myth from the early 1990s. That myth is that soldiers returning from Vietnam were spit upon by citizens or war protesters. That claim has been used to turn honest differences of opinion about the war into toxic indictments. As a scholar of urban legends I am...