His Own Worse Enemy, Again
On “Meet the Press” last week, former President Donald Trump made a compelling case highlighting the differences between his years in office and President Joe Biden’s. He also substantially and irretrievably undercut his principal defense in the four...
The History of the Classic Southern ‘Meat and Three’ Meal
There’s a reason Southern food has such a legendary place in American culinary psychology: it’s been responsible for more classic food innovations than any regional cuisine in the country (even if fried green tomatoes aren’t actually from there)....
Will the Last Steelworker Out of Piittsburgh Please Turn Out the Light?
CLAIRTON, Pennsylvania — The first steel plant located here along the Monongahela River just over 20 miles south of Pittsburgh was built in 1901. By 1903, the borough of Clairton formed around the industry, and by 1904, U.S. Steel acquired the plant from St. Clair...
News From Around the South 9/11 to 9/18
TENNESSEE: State defends GOP measure that protects Confederate monuments Five years ago — as part of a backlash against efforts in Memphis to remove a statue of Ku Klux Klan-founder Nathan Bedford Forrest from a city park — a Republican majority in the Tennessee...
Where does the South Begin?
More than a decade ago, on the first day of a college seminar titled “The American South,” Glenda Gilmore—one of the deans of Southern history—challenged my classmates and me to define the borders of the South. It was a surprisingly difficult task. Everyone agreed on,...Obiter Dicta
The New York City Public School system is 62% Black and Hispanic. At its eight most prestigious competitive high schools, Read More
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