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Cultural Curators Face Reckoning for Mocking Middle America
PITTSBURGH — Walking out of the Allegheny County Republican election night event at a local luxury hotel, the young men waiting to...
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News From Around the South 11/4 to 11/11
GEORGIA: Georgia lawmaker proposes 'Confederate History Month' ATLANTA - A Georgia lawmaker on Monday defended his proposal asking House colleagues...
Deep In The Everglades, Visiting the Miccosukee ‘Tree Islands’
Deep within the seemingly endless saw-grass marshes of the Florida Everglades, I found myself standing on an unexpected speck of dry land on a bright spring day. The boat ride to this spot had fully exposed my tour group to the blustery wind and midday sun, and the island, by contrast, felt lush and welcoming, ringed by trees that cast shadows and tempered the gusts and insulated us from the...
Our Favorite Books: Emerging Civil War’s Tim Talbott’s Top 5 Picks
As much as I read, I have many, many, many favorite books. Narrowing them down to my five most favorite is extremely difficult, if not impossible....
Where The Unclaimed Dead of South Carolina’s Prisons Are Laid To Rest
COLUMBIA — Visitors aren't a common sight here. Tucked away from view is the resting place of the state's criminal dead, a modest three-quarter-acre...
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Deep In The Everglades, Visiting the Miccosukee ‘Tree Islands’
Deep within the seemingly endless saw-grass marshes of the Florida Everglades, I found myself standing on an unexpected speck of dry land on a bright spring day. The boat ride to this spot had fully exposed my tour group to the blustery wind and midday sun, and the...
Cultural Curators Face Reckoning for Mocking Middle America
PITTSBURGH — Walking out of the Allegheny County Republican election night event at a local luxury hotel, the young men waiting to valet my car got into a discussion with me about the just-announced election results. All four men were in their 30s. Two were white, one...
News From Around the South 11/4 to 11/11
GEORGIA: Georgia lawmaker proposes 'Confederate History Month' ATLANTA - A Georgia lawmaker on Monday defended his proposal asking House colleagues to recognize "Confederate History Month," but black lawmakers charge it glorifies a time when slavery was acceptable....
The Voters Wanted Change. They’re Going to Get It.
"It isn't a hard choice," we said. On one side was a candidate who would abide by the Constitution and laws of the United States and accept the outcome of elections. On the other was a candidate refusing to accept a 2024 defeat even as memories of his attempted coup...
Our Favorite Books: Emerging Civil War’s Tim Talbott’s Top 5 Picks
As much as I read, I have many, many, many favorite books. Narrowing them down to my five most favorite is extremely difficult, if not impossible. However, if I make this list “five of my favorite books” instead of “my five most favorite books,” that helps take off...