SURVEY: Does Race Color Views of Equal Opportunity?
A recent survey shows a majority of Americans, regardless of race, agree that race relations have worsened nationally in the past year — but on questions of equality, opinions were split between white and African-American respondents. Answers to questions about fair...
Comcast Rolls Over for Hillary
In June, Comcast executive vice president David Cohen hosted a $2,700-a-plate fundraiser for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. On the first weekend in October, the NBC Universal in-kind contributions really kicked in: a star turn on “Saturday Night...News From Around the South 10/5 to 10/12
GEORGIA: ‘Confederate Mount Rushmore’ to Get New Neighbor: MLK ATLANTA — It has been called the “Confederate Mount Rushmore” — a tribute etched into Georgia’s Stone Mountain depicting Confederate war heroes Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and...
Mt. Vernon’s Civil War Symbolism
During the bloody years when the Civil War tore apart the United States, one place remained whole: a symbol of America’s early promise and future hope. Mount Vernon, the Virginia home of George Washington on the banks of the Potomac River, was a refuge for Union...
Yale’s Calhoun College Under Fire
Yale’s Calhoun College, one of 12 residential colleges where undergraduates live, is named for John C. Calhoun, the South Carolina politician and an 1804 graduate. It’s not the only memorial to Calhoun. In Charleston, an 80-foot-tall statue of him overlooks Calhoun...Obiter Dicta
Thomas Cromwell was the Lord Chancellor of England for much of the reign of King Henry VIII. He engineered the Read More
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