News From Around the South 3/14 to 3/21
SOUTH CAROLINA: On Jehossee Island, Rare Remnants of History and Big Potential For Research JEHOSSEE ISLAND — This uninhabited island in the Lowcountry’s ACE Basin was the site of one of the largest rice plantations in the South. Today, alligators swim in what used to...
The Complex Lagacy of a Longtime Racist Restaurant Outside Atlanta
When Aunt Fanny’s Cabin was in its heyday, when socialites and celebrities and presidents (at least the one from Plains) flocked to the outskirts of Atlanta to order “genu-wine Smithfield ham” off menu boards fitted around young Black men’s necks, well-placed white...
Is There a Peace Deal Putin and Zelensky Can Accept?
In an interview with Reuters, Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman for decades, made a startling offer. Moscow could end the Ukraine war immediately, said Peskov, if four conditions were met. Ukraine should cease all military action,...
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MARYLAND: Confederate Talbot Boys Statue To Be Removed From Courthouse EASTON, MD — After decades of passionate debate, protests and lawsuits over its removal, a Confederate statue’s residence on Maryland’s Eastern Shore will come to an end Monday. The...Obiter Dicta
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VIRGINIA: SCC commissioner, former NextEra attorney declines to recuse herself from merger case On Tuesday, Virginia lawmakers heard from utility regulation experts on the potential impact of the proposed merger Read More