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Love Stays
The one thing you can't make when you get old is old friends. Pam Fleischaker was one of my oldest friends. We met more than 40...
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News From Around the South, 10/5 to 10/12
VIRGINIA: UVA Press cancels book critical of leading Southern food figures In early 2025, University of Virginia Press announced the forthcoming...
Savor the Stories of Southern Food
We enjoy gathering at a table filled with our family’s favorite foods. We remember specific dishes and the people who prepared them, special occasions and meaningful traditions. Scholars who study food do too. They also look for insights beyond a single family. “Food is a powerful portal into understanding the human experience across time,” said folklorist Michelle Lanier, a doctoral student in...
Tenn. legislature to investigate other execution methods after failed lethal injections
Republican leaders in Tennessee’s legislature say they will investigate the reliability of lethal injection as an execution method after the state...
SC’s growth story is becoming the South’s growth story
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the country’s economic center of gravity continues to move south. My new report, Accelerating...