News From Around the South 12/10 to 12/17
NORTH CAROLINA: Protests and Rallies Mark Winter Commencement in Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — As more than 2,000 UNC students turned their tassels at Sunday afternoon’s commencement ceremony, student protesters and supporters of Silent Sam once again...
Opioid Epidemic Started in Civil War
We have grown numb hearing the dry statistics of opioid-induced fatal drug overdoses. Sadly, we’ve now reached a point where media outlets reporting on the epidemic compare the number of annual deaths to vehicle accidents and gun violence to provide context. It’s been...
Bush Funeral Raises Question: Who Will Speak for Trump?
WASHINGTON — Who will speak for President Donald Trump at his state funeral, far in the future though it should be? That must be what the 45th president was thinking as he sat in the front pew at the funeral for former President George H.W. Bush. Bush was eulogized by...
News From Around the South 12/3 to 12/10
NORTH CAROLINA: Group Flies Confederate Flag to Honor Civil War Dead BURKE COUNTY, N.C. – The Sons of Confederate Veterans have placed a 20-by-30-foot Confederate flag along Interstate 40 in eastern Burke County. The group is flying the flag because it believes...Obiter Dicta
The recent suppression of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s torture-tainted confessions at Guantanamo Bay is far more than a victory for a Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: To save SC’s historic Black schools, nonprofit launches statewide coalition The South Carolina Historic Black Schools Preservation Network is meant to help pool resources and knowledge in saving Read More