News From Around the South 11/9 to 11/16
SOUTH CAROLINA: USC Students Protest Alleged Inequalities COLUMBIA, S.C. — University of South Carolina students protesting alleged inequalities at the university planned to stage a walk out and protest Monday morning as a part of continued protests at other...
Beyond Yale, Missouri
Last week, students and administrators at Yale University fought over a series of racial incidents. A fraternity at the university was accused of excluding nonwhite women from a party. Students and administrators also argued over whether it was appropriate to curtail...
My Trump Problem
Sometimes I like Donald Trump. He makes me laugh when he mocks reporters’ stupid questions. Sometimes he’s smart. When Maryland’s lefty governor said a tax on rich people would “raise revenue,” Trump told me why it wouldn’t. The...
News From Around the South 11/2 to 11/9
NORTH CAROLINA: Confederate Flag Supporters Fight to Keep Supporter in Parade NEWTON, N.C. — The Confederate flag controversy continued Tuesday night at a Newton City Council meeting. The community voiced their concerns about removing the flag from the...
‘Segregation academies’ Still Going Strong
In the 1960s and ’70s, towns across the South created inexpensive private schools to keep white students from having to mix with black. Many remain open, the communities around them as divided as ever. It took LaToysha Brown 13 years to realize how little...Obiter Dicta
Most of us understand the concept of working toward a goal based on the system in place. For example, when Read More
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VIRGINIA: Last Capital of Confederacy Struggles With Legacy DANVILLE, Va. — The United Daughters of the Confederacy still meet across the hall from the bedroom where Jefferson Davis spent the Read More