News From Around the South, 1/19 to 1/26 - LOUISIANA: YouTube channel Louisiana Dread preserves Southern culture by sharing history, folktales Bayou-born YouTube channel Louisiana Dread is serving up swamp monsters, gumbo reviews and history lessons in an effort to preserve a dying Southern culture. From the Rougarou to the Wild Girl of Catahoula, Louisiana has no shortage of horror stories to go around. […]
The American Police State Has Arrived - In recent days, the government in America has not only failed to protect the freedom of speech, it has attacked it. Like authoritarians throughout history, it has sought to silence the speech it hates and fears. But most authoritarians did not have a Constitution that was written as an intentional obstacle to them. In Miami […]
Daniel Morgan’s Revolutionary War riflemen were America’s original scout snipers - As the United States prepares to celebrate 250 years of independence, it is a moment to reflect on the courage, ingenuity, and determination that forged a nation. From the first shots at Lexington and Concord to the decisive battles that won freedom, the Revolutionary War was shaped not only by grand armies and epic clashes, […]
ICE Is a Law-Breaking ‘Law Enforcement’ Agency - We’ve seen masked government agents roughing people up, shouting obscenities at them, trapping them on freezing cold roofs, smashing their car windows, shooting pastors with pepper balls, shoving women to the ground, separating mothers from their children and killing an unarmed American citizen as she attempted to maneuver her car away, dog in the backseat […]
News From Around the South, 1/12 to 1/19 - VIRGINIA: Mobile museum bringing Virginia history across the Commonwealth CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — It is a truck on a mission to teach young students and families about Virginia history. While it may not look spacious if you pass by it on the interstates, the semi-truck unfolds into an interactive museum. At 72 feet long and […]
