News. Views. Hughes - March 27, 2019 (17:00 ET)

China seeks dominance in electric car market

Chinese automaker Xpeng Motors has grown rapidly since its founding in 2014 and sees itself as China’s answer to Tesla. They have a 2019 target of 50,000 electric vehicles. How does Tesla compare? RT America’s Sara Montes de Oca reports for News.Views.Hughes.

Political shakeup in oil-rich Guyana

RT America’s Michele Greenstein joins Scottie Nell Hughes to explain how oil discoveries have reignited a long-standing border disputes between Guyana and Venezuela and have led to unexpected changes in Guyanese parliament through a “no confidence” vote that has appealed at the Caribbean Court of Justice. 

Battles over freedom of speech at Amherst College

Amherst College’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion released a “Common Language Guide” to politically correct speech, designed to protect the feelings of potentially aggrieved students with marginalized identities. Scottie Nell Hughes explains how that worked out.