Marking 200th Anniversary, Charleston Project Redresses Denmark Vesey Narrative
Denmark Vesey is having his moment. A three-day public commemoration of the 200th anniversary of his planned liberation of enslaved Charleston-based Africans has been announced for this summer. Titled “Denmark Vesey Bicentenary,” the event represents an unprecedented...
Will Midterms Be Biden’s Last Hurrah?
For half a decade now, America’s media elite have been obsessed with former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s conversion to Trumpism. Press and TV are daily consumed with his actions and prospects and the future of the party he captured in...
News From Around the South 5/16 to 7/23
KENTUCKY: Mills Spring Battlefield to Hold Memorial Day Services NANCY, Ky. — Mill Springs Battlefield National Monument and Mill Springs National Cemetery are working together to honor military service members who died in the line of duty. Memorial Day events will...
Blaming the Constitution
Within hours of the tragic killings of 10 Americans — nine Black and one white — in a Buffalo supermarket by a deranged white racist last week, the governor of New York began calling for infringements upon personal liberty. First, she argued that social media...Why Would U.S. Give A War Guarantee — To Finland?
Seeing Russia invade Ukraine, historically neutral Finland has undergone a late conversion and decided to join NATO immediately. Why? Because NATO membership means the world’s strongest power, the United States, under Article 5 of NATO, would go to war against...Obiter Dicta
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GEORGIA: Bill backed by Confederate monument defenders knocked down in the Georgia House Sponsor argued his bill would protect all monuments, not just Confederate monuments A bill backed by neo-Confederates Read More