News From Around the South 6/29 to 7/6
NORTH CAROLINA: City Pulls Down Signs With Confederate Battle Flag HIGH POINT, N.C. — The City of High Point has taken down signs bearing the Confederate battle flag along High Point roads in the wake of the killing of nine people in the Emanuel African Methodist...
Love of Country
As a kid, the Fourth of July was always my favorite holiday: the bike parade with the crepe paper so carefully threaded through the spokes, the afternoon of running and jumping contests where everyone won something, and, of course, the highlight, getting the old ratty...
Study: Northerners Drink More than Southerners
A glass of wine with dinner. A beer while watching TV. For many people, drinking the occasional alcoholic beverage is simply a way to relax. But crossing the line into serious alcohol abuse can up the odds for negative results, including health issues, family...
Confederate Names on Schools Under Fire
After a racially motivated shooting in Charleston earlier this month left nine black people dead, a nationwide conversation about the Confederate flag began. Politicians jumped on the bandwagon, major corporations removed merchandise displaying the flag from their...Obiter Dicta
Last week, a half-dozen masked and unidentifiable Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents killed a 37-year-old federal employee, a nurse, by Read More
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