Above: Gloria Tinubu and Jaime Harrison
U.S. Senate candidates Gloria Tinubu and Jaime Harrison will be the featured speakers at HCDP's SHORE Dinner Saturday, September 28th 6-10 p.m., at the Bay Watch Resort and Conference Center. Deadline for making reservations and submitting payment is Friday, September 20th.
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By Bart Collins
Monday, September 16th, 2019 saw the first time two things happened in our great county: it was the first time that the nationally famous Galivants Ferry Stump was held to host presidential candidates, and it was the first time that I made the 45 minute drive from the beach to the Pee Dee…
By V. Susan Hutchinson
Every year at this time we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month. It began as National Hispanic Heritage week in 1968 and was extended to a month by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 with the intent of celebrating the culture and achievements of people of Spanish and Latin American descent in the United…
Standing on the banks of the Waccamaw River, which caused massive destruction and damage when Hurricane Florence ravaged Conway last September, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg unveiled a new disaster relief plan designed to help communities cope with such storms, which he predicted will grow more frequent and increasingly severe due to climate change.
"As a…
An outpouring of Democrats and Democratic supporters jammed the historic Galivants Ferry Stump Monday, Sept. 16, to hear four presidential candidates state their cases for winning their support in the February 29, 2020 primary election.
It was the first time in the 143-year tradition of the Stump that speakers included candidates for President of the United…
The countdown is on for the eighth annual SHORE Dinner, one of HCDP’s major fundraising events of the year, will be held September 28, 6-10 p.m., at the Bay Watch Resort and Conference Center. Deadline for making reservations and submitting payment is Thursday, Sept. 19. So, don’t delay!
“This year’s SHORE Dinner, which celebrates and honors…
By V. Susan Hutchinson
Every year at this time Myrtle Beach area residents brace for yet another hurricane season, and this year it could be worse than usual, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), due to the end of El Niño.
Moreover, the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) correlates global warming to changes in…
By Rick Patelunas
Rep. Tom Rice has been in office three terms, nearly seven years now. Rice says his campaigns are about jobs, jobs, jobs. He agrees with President Trump’s claims that the economy is better than it’s ever been. They argue that the Republican tax cut has worked wonders and they deserve credit for the…
By Steve Hamelman
As Hurricane Dorian nears Florida, a theologically minded person is apt to recall the tendency of seventeenth-century Puritans to read nature as a compilation of texts containing messages that signified God’s purpose in the world.
Hundreds of years after the Puritans interpreted every big and little natural fact as a divine lesson, the meteorological…
by Rosemary Wolfe
Mal Hyman says he’s exploring seeking the 7th Congressional District seat now held by Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC)
“No one has done more for the earth and environment than Bernie,” asserted Mall Hyman, in opening remarks at the Sander’s Myrtle Beach Town Hall in Chapin Park on Thursday evening, August 29.
The dynamic South…
(Pictured L-R: Brandon Counts – Vice Chair of the Young Democrats of Horry County, presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, and Stacie Pearman – Chair of the Young Democrats of Horry County)
By Stacie Pearman
Democratic Presidential candidate, Beto O’Rourke held a town hall rally at Seminar Brewing in Florence, SC Tuesday, August 27, drawing a large and…
By Steve Hamelman
With the national budget nearing the trillion dollar mark and fears of recession rising daily, the government of the United States, these days not much more than an emblem of monumental dysfunction, lurches toward the next election under the “leadership” of President Donald Trump, whose understanding of political economy is as deficient as…
The eighth annual SHORE Dinner, one of HCDP’s major fundraising events of the year, will be held Saturday, September 28, 6-10 p.m., at the Bay Watch Resort and Conference Center, overlooking the ocean, in North Myrtle Beach. The theme is Take a Stand for Democracy.
“This year’s SHORE Dinner, which celebrates and honors all those who…
CONWAY, SC, August 8, 2019 -- The Young Democrats of Horry County (YDHC) and the Horry County Democratic Party (HCDP) today condemned the action of individuals who reportedly hurled racist taunts at demonstrators at a vigil Tuesday evening who were remembering the victims of the weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso, TX and Dayton, OH.
As…
By Steve Hamelman
Soon after news reports of two mass shootings in the cities of El Paso, TX, and Dayton, OH, on Saturday August 3 and Sunday August 4, a political firestorm erupted over President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would visit each stricken city today, Wednesday August 7.
Thirty-one people died in the two attacks. Many…
By Stacie Pearman
“What else can I do? Oh my God, it’s going to be too late for me, I’m going to get sent right back to where I’ve used for 10 years.”
These are the words of Susan, a 32- year-old, single mother who has struggled with addiction to heroin, fentanyl and crack cocaine, and now,…
By V. Susan Hutchinson
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified before the House Judiciary and the Permanent Subcommittee on Intelligence on July 24. Depending on who is doing the reporting it expanded on key information in his report or did nothing except make him and the Democrats look bad.
With the exception of saying Donald Trump can…
By V. Susan Hutchinson
When you say the words “healthcare in America” it stirs up a lot of emotion in some people, especially if you have a “pre-existing condition” and have been battling the current system for decades.
I am one of those people.
I don’t usually write from first person experience, but watching the 2nd Democratic Presidential…
By Don Kohn
President Trump is doing his best to divide us, and it’s not an accident. It’s not simply a byproduct of individual acts from this despot who occupies the White House. His twisted mind has devised this strategy with the goal of making certain his unshakable base of supporters remains solid.
He realizes that if…
By Stacie Pearman
We, as Democrats, have much to say about a multitude of topics. We are passionate about change for our country. We care about ending racism. We cringe at our crumbling public school system under Trump’s Education Secretary Betsy DeVoss. We CARE about a lot of things.
Does it sometimes feel like screaming into the…