Public Safety and the Presidency
President Donald Trump argued last week that as a result of the federal enhancement of police work in Washington, D.C., the city has gone in four days from being the most dangerous in America to being the safest. He cited no evidence but relied apparently on his own...
A new reading of Sherman’s march shows how enslaved people sought to free themselves
A recent book focuses on the experience of those who used the event as an emancipatory movement The story of Sherman’s march to the sea is often remembered for its destruction of the south. Led by the Union general William Tecumseh Sherman through Georgia from 15...
Christopher Yates Pens Must-Read Thriller for the Summer
“The Rabbit Club,” the newest novel from Christopher Yates, America’s finest writer of thrillers, weaves a tale nearly impossible to put down. It includes Oxford University, secret societies, danger and suspense at every turn, and a sense of...
News From Around the South, 8/11 to 8/18
NORTH CAROLINA: North Carolina Confederate Monument Goes Too Far, Lawsuit Says A long battle over the pro-slavery words on a Tyrrell County statue intensifies as the Trump administration reclaims Confederate imagery. The first time Sherryreed Robinson remembers...Obiter Dicta
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SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘Just wonderful’: USC musicians perform at Congaree National Park for country’s 250th birthday In a celebration of American music, the student performers also hoped to introduce more people Read More