by editor | Jan 3, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
From the first years of the one-fifth of this century already completed, we’ve been told that a new, ascendant America — more nonwhite, more culturally liberal, more feminist — was going to dominate our politics for years to come. Those predictions have...
by editor | Dec 31, 2019 | Archive, Southern Partisan
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...
by editor | Dec 31, 2019 | Archive, Southern Partisan
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...
by editor | Dec 30, 2019 | Archive, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: Charleston’s Emancipation Day Festival’ May Be Nation’s Oldest CHARLESTON, S.C. — Celebrants will gather on January 1 to ring in the new year, but in Charleston, residents will also continue what’s possibly the nation’s only...
by editor | Dec 23, 2019 | Archive, Southern Partisan
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...
by editor | Dec 20, 2019 | Archive, Southern Partisan
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,...