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News From Around the South 3/11 to 3/18 - SOUTH CAROLINA: University Works to Digitize Black History Collection COLUMBIA, S.C. — A hundred years ago, thousands of Black residents visited Washington Street for something modern Columbians take for granted — getting a photo taken. There, they found the studio of Richard Samuel Roberts, whose side-job portraits captured a slice of Black Columbia in the 1920s […]
My Dinner With the Pope - I spent last week living and studying at the Vatican as a guest lecturer at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, or PASS. PASS is an organization of scholars that explores ideas of interest to the Vatican. Last week, PASS addressed the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, since March 8, 2024, was the 750th anniversary […]
History of the DEI: A Timeline of Affirmative Action’s Rise and Fall - Since the Supreme Court ruled race-based college admissions unconstitutional last June, affirmative action in all forms has come under attack. Conservative activists have filed dozens of complaints against Fortune 500 companies alleging discrimination against White people. Long-standing federal programs created to benefit minority-owned businesses find themselves on shaky ground; on Tuesday, a Texas federal judge ordered that a […]
News From Around the South, 3/4 to 3/11 - NORTH CAROLINA: Unique partnership aims to preserve Black history in south Charlotte Nestled among the trees next to the bustling shops, restaurants and homes of Morrison Place in SouthPark, sits a historic landmark known only to few. The land was once the home of an African American church and cemetery built following the Civil War […]
Are Voters Recoiling Against Disorder? - The headlines coming out of the Super Tuesday primaries have got it right. Barring cataclysmic changes, Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be the Republican and Democratic nominees for president in 2024. With Nikki Haley’s withdrawal, there will be no more significantly contested primaries or caucuses — the earliest both parties’ races have been over […]