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...
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...
Where Have the Good Times Gone?
“Are the good times really over for good?” asked Merle Haggard in his 1982 lament. Then, the good times weren’t over. In fact, they were coming back, with the Reagan recovery, the renewal of the American spirit and the end of a Cold War that had consumed so much of...Obiter Dicta
“Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants one mile away?” Read More
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SOUTH CAROLINA: He died fighting for America’s independence at 14. He’s only just been identified Thirteen of America’s first ever veterans lie beneath a towering pine forest that was once Read More