National Politics

In this week’s Enlighten Me, we take another opportunity to highlight work from a student journalist at the University of Delaware.This time — as the nation celebrated its 250th birthday here in 2026 — recent UD grad Delaney Lowe took a deep dive into the political climate in the U.S., a climate that felt tremendously polarized.And during a semester-long look at this political divide, Lowe reported the divide seemed to be widening, even impacting even our closest relationships.

President Biden is tapping former Gov. Jack Markell to serve as his liaison on resettling Afghan refugees in the United States. Markell, a two-term…