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The Best Southern Fast-Food Chains

by RIS Secure | Nov 20, 2015 | Archive, Southern Partisan

In celebration of yet another food holiday — Nov. 16 was National Fast Food Day — we recognize a few of our favorite Southern fast-food restaurant chains. From burger joints to chicken shops, these are some of our regional establishments that we think...

Nation’s Poor Shift from South

by RIS Secure | 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...

France Closes its Borders, Why Can’t We?

by RIS Secure | 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...

News From Around the South 11/9 to 11/16

by RIS Secure | 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...

Beyond Yale, Missouri

by RIS Secure | 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...

News From Around the South 11/2 to 11/9

by RIS Secure | 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...