A Mission for the ’20s

A Mission for the ’20s

So. Another decade behind us, another in front. Journalists love nothing more than the opportunity to gaze analytically in either direction. “Fills up the paper,” we used to say, back when newspapers needed constant filling to complement the ads on which...
Congressmen Call For Removal of Lee Statue

Congressmen Call For Removal of Lee Statue

WASHINGTON — Two Virginia congressional representatives are calling for the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee to be replaced in the U.S. Capitol by a Virginian of color who has dedicated his or her life to fighting for equality. The statue of Gen. Lee, who is dressed...
News From Around the South 12/16 to 12/23

News From Around the South 12/16 to 12/23

GEORGIA: Civil War Park Closer to Reality, But Not A Name MABLETON, Ga. — Cobb County is moving forward on construction of a new park in Mableton that remains nameless nearly two years after controversy erupted over whether the name should reflect the site’s...
Why Most Civil War Monuments Remain

Why Most Civil War Monuments Remain

Last month, a 112-year-old Confederate statue came down in Pittsboro, N.C., after a legal battle between the statue’s opponents and defenders. This was the 108th Confederate monument that has come down in the past three years via officeholders’ decisions. All told,...
Dems Unite and Galvanize GOP

Dems Unite and Galvanize GOP

Nothing has done more to unite Republicans — from GOP congressmen in Washington, D.C., to malodorous Walmart patrons in rural America — than the Democrats’ quixotic, vendetta-fueled crusade against President Donald Trump. Trump’s election was a seismic...