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Did You Really Think Trump Would Lower Prices?
Donald Trump's assault on our democratic institutions did not stop voters from giving him a second term. The top reason they cited...
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GEORGIA: Bill backed by Confederate monument defenders knocked down in the Georgia House Sponsor argued his bill would protect all monuments, not...
Echoes of Shiloh: Myth, Media, and the Civil War Landscape
by M. A. Kleen “There were men from every nation laid on those bloody plains, Fathers, sons, and brothers were numbered with the slain” – “Shiloh’s Hill,” M.G. Smith, Company C, 2nd Texas Infantry The acting left something to be desired, and the animated maps were decidedly pre-digital, but in my adolescent mind, the 1987 Classic Images’ Civil War 125th Anniversary VHS on the battle of Shiloh...
Alabama man appeals 1991 murder conviction, citing evidence of trial attorney’s ties to KKK
Robin ‘Rocky’ Myers cites research that shows the man who represented him did work for Klan officials and spoke at KKK rallies. A former Alabama...
Disability rights group tells history of State Hospital through ‘people, not patients’
New history booklet tells what it was like to live on the Bull Street campus that opened in 1828 COLUMBIA, S.C. — To outsiders, the then-called...
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Echoes of Shiloh: Myth, Media, and the Civil War Landscape
by M. A. Kleen “There were men from every nation laid on those bloody plains, Fathers, sons, and brothers were numbered with the slain” – “Shiloh’s Hill,” M.G. Smith, Company C, 2nd Texas Infantry The acting left something to be desired, and the animated maps were...
Did You Really Think Trump Would Lower Prices?
Donald Trump's assault on our democratic institutions did not stop voters from giving him a second term. The top reason they cited for reelecting him was the economy, notably their unhappiness over high prices. During the campaign, Trump promised to "bring prices...
News From Around the South, 3/30 to 4/6
GEORGIA: Bill backed by Confederate monument defenders knocked down in the Georgia House Sponsor argued his bill would protect all monuments, not just Confederate monuments A bill backed by neo-Confederates that aimed to protect historic monuments from removal was...
The Iran Hawks Are Losing Their Judgment
I am an Iran hardliner. But I'm struggling to understand how other hardliners can be so credulous about President Donald Trump's leadership of this war. It's as if you were stranded by the side of the road and accepted a ride from an obviously drunk driver. Earlier...
Alabama man appeals 1991 murder conviction, citing evidence of trial attorney’s ties to KKK
Robin ‘Rocky’ Myers cites research that shows the man who represented him did work for Klan officials and spoke at KKK rallies. A former Alabama death row inmate is seeking a new trial after finding evidence that his trial attorney was affiliated with the Ku Klux...
