by editor | Jan 27, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
ALABAMA: Foundation Weighs In on Proposed Bridge Name Change SELMA, Ala. — The F.D. Reese Foundation over the weekend weighed in on an online petition, reported to have as many as 8,500 signatures, to rename the Edmund Pettus Bridge in honor of civil rights icon...
by editor | Jan 22, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
I don’t blame President Donald Trump for his angst and bitterness over his impeachment by the House of Representatives. In his mind, he has done “nothing wrong” and not acted outside the constitutional powers vested in him, and so his impeachment...
by editor | Jan 22, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
More black Americans are moving south, changing the demographics of major metropolitan areas. We look at how these moves are shifting the political landscape. LEILA FADEL, HOST: America is becoming more racially diverse. And in a growing number of counties, whites are...
by editor | Jan 21, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
On the holiday set aside in 2020 to honor Martin Luther King, the premier advocate of nonviolent Gandhian civil disobedience, thousands of gun owners gathered in Richmond to petition peacefully for their rights. King had preached that there was a higher law that...
by editor | Jan 20, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
VIRGINIA: As Gun Rights Rally Looms, Richmond Residents Fear Another Charlottesville RICHMOND, Va. — As gun rights activists, white nationalists and militia groups prepare to rally at the state Capitol on Monday to protest proposed gun control laws, residents are...
by editor | Jan 16, 2020 | Archive, Southern Partisan
We need to differentiate between experiences and facts. We know that our individual perspectives affect how we experience events, but do they also affect the underlying facts? The answer is no. Facts are facts. So, for example, one person might experience exceptional...