News From Around the South 11/16 to 11/23
KENTUCKY: UK to Cover Controversial Mural LEXINGTON, Ky. — In 2006, senators of the University of Kentucky’s student government passed a resolution to remove a mural in Memorial Hall that showed scenes of state history, including black workers in a tobacco...
The Best Southern Fast-Food Chains
In celebration of yet another food holiday — Nov. 16 was National Fast Food Day — we recognize a few of our favorite Southern fast-food restaurant chains. From burger joints to chicken shops, these are some of our regional establishments that we think...
Nation’s Poor Shift from South
Since President Lyndon B. Johnson launched the War on Poverty 50 years ago, the characteristics of the nation’s poor have changed: A larger share of poor Americans today are in their prime working years and fewer are elderly. In addition, those in poverty...
France Closes its Borders, Why Can’t We?
The Friday night massacre of over 100 people at a soccer game, a rock concert, and five restaurants in Paris was apparently committed by eight men working on behalf of ISIS, also called ISIL, or the Islamic State. The day before the attacks, President Obama was on...
News From Around the South 11/9 to 11/16
SOUTH CAROLINA: USC Students Protest Alleged Inequalities COLUMBIA, S.C. — University of South Carolina students protesting alleged inequalities at the university planned to stage a walk out and protest Monday morning as a part of continued protests at other...Obiter Dicta
We’ve seen masked government agents roughing people up, shouting obscenities at them, trapping them on freezing cold roofs, smashing their Read More
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VIRGINIA: Mobile museum bringing Virginia history across the Commonwealth CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — It is a truck on a mission to teach young students and families about Virginia history. While Read More