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Taking Easter Seriously
"That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event To which the whole creation...
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News From Around the South, 3/18 to 3/25
American Battlefield Trust seeks volunteers for annual spring cleanup, maintenance of South Carolina historic sites COLUMBIA, S.C. — The American...
Family Settles in Battle for Ancestral Land in South Carolina
Josephine Wright, who died this year at 94, had been fighting to save family property. The developer, Bailey Point Investments, agreed to end the dispute, the family’s lawyer said.The family of a woman who fought a developer to keep their ancestral land in Hilton Head, S.C., has reached a settlement in the legal battle that recognized her ownership, a family lawyer said this week. Josephine...
The Complex Origins Of Fried Chicken
Southern food in all its glory — from the fried oysters of eastern Virginia's Tidewater region to Lowcountry South Carolinian delights like spicy...
History of the DEI: A Timeline of Affirmative Action’s Rise and Fall
Since the Supreme Court ruled race-based college admissions unconstitutional last June, affirmative action in all forms has come under attack....
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Taking Easter Seriously
"That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event To which the whole creation moves." — Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)(ENDITAL) When American colonists were oppressed by British governance, the word most frequently...
Family Settles in Battle for Ancestral Land in South Carolina
Josephine Wright, who died this year at 94, had been fighting to save family property. The developer, Bailey Point Investments, agreed to end the dispute, the family’s lawyer said.The family of a woman who fought a developer to keep their ancestral land in Hilton...
Hamas-Israel War: How Do You Defeat a Culture of Hate?
It was 1973 in Jerusalem. I was 21 years old walking through the Arab section of the Old City. I was sporting a massive afro and wearing an army jacket with the name "Elder" above the pocket, a gift from my little brother who was serving. I heard footsteps, so I...
News From Around the South, 3/18 to 3/25
American Battlefield Trust seeks volunteers for annual spring cleanup, maintenance of South Carolina historic sites COLUMBIA, S.C. — The American Battlefield Trust is once again calling for volunteers to help with the spring cleaning and sprucing up of some of the...
Can Congress Ban TikTok?
"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech." —First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution When James Madison set about to draft the Bill of Rights — the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution — he was articulating what lawyers and philosophers...