by editor | Aug 17, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
VIRGINIA: Richmond Residents Say Protests Have Eroded Support for Demonstrations RICHMOND — Janice Nuckolls considers herself a liberal Democrat, believes Black lives matter and has a “We Stand With You” sign in her front window facing the daily...
by editor | Aug 13, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” — U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 9 Congress and the White House have been at loggerheads for weeks on the next phase of federal aid to those suffering...
by editor | Aug 11, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Since the death of George Floyd beneath the knee of a cop in Minneapolis on Memorial Day, the nation has been instructed by its cultural elites that this is the daily reality that a racist America has too long ignored Our nation, it was shouted in our faces, is a...
by editor | Aug 10, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
GEORGIA: Augusta Mayor Names Monument Task Force AUGUSTA, Ga. – Mayor Hardie Davis has tapped 11 people to come up with a plan regarding several of the city’s monuments, buildings, and streets that honor Confederate military officers. The task force will have 60...
by editor | Aug 10, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
For a number of reasons, the history of American slavery has been in the news over the past year. The New York Times’s 1619 Project–commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first slaves, the Black Lives Matter movement, renewed interest in the idea of...
by editor | Aug 10, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
The barnacle-encrusted metal cylinder had languished in mud, seawater and sand for nearly 140 years. But on Aug. 8, 2000, after decades of research, dives and study, a series of cranes pulled the H.L. Hunley submarine off of Sullivan’s Island to an audience of...