by editor | Nov 16, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: Calls Grow to Change University Buildings Named After Segregationists University of South Carolina faculty and alumni continue to push for the school to remove the names of segregationists or those who benefited from slavery from its buildings. The...
by editor | Nov 12, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
“I hold it true, whate’er befall; I feel it when I sorrow most. ‘Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.” —Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) “In Memoriam” The death of a loved one is never easy. Three of...
by editor | Nov 11, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
The academic achievement gap between black and white students has proven resistant to most educational policy changes. Some say that educational expenditures explain the gap, but is that true? Look at educational per pupil expenditures: Baltimore city ranks fifth in...
by editor | Nov 10, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Nestled deep in the woods of St. Helena Parish, along the New Orleans & Jackson Railroad, seventy-five miles north of the famous Crescent City, and near the town of Tangipahoa, Louisiana, sits what remains of the largest Confederate training camp in the western...
by editor | Nov 9, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston Sailing Club Changes Burgee That Resembled Confederate Flag The Charleston Ocean Racing Association has voted to change its burgee, which has been heavily criticized because it closely resembles the Confederate battle flag. The question that...
by editor | Nov 5, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
n 2019, agents of the federal and state governments persuaded judges to issue 99% of all requested intercepts. An intercept is any type of government surveillance — telephone, text message, email, even in-person. These are intercepts that theoretically are based on...