by editor | Nov 18, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Since President Lyndon B. Johnson launched the War on Poverty 50 years ago, the characteristics of the nation’s poor have changed: A larger share of poor Americans today are in their prime working years and fewer are elderly. In addition, those in poverty...
by editor | Nov 17, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan
The Friday night massacre of over 100 people at a soccer game, a rock concert, and five restaurants in Paris was apparently committed by eight men working on behalf of ISIS, also called ISIL, or the Islamic State. The day before the attacks, President Obama was on...
by editor | Nov 16, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan
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...
by editor | Nov 12, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan
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...
by editor | Nov 11, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan
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...
by editor | Nov 11, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan
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...