News From Around The South 9/27 to 10/4
NORTH CAROLINA: UNC Hires Faculty to Study Health & Wellness In Communities Of Color CHAPEL Hill, N.C. — The UNC College of Arts and Sciences has hired six new faculty members to study health and wellness in communities of color and issues of U.S. slavery....
How Photos From Antietam Revealed Civil War Horrors
In October 1862, a shocking and unique photo exhibition opened at Mathew B. Brady’s Broadway gallery in New York City. A small placard at the door advertised “The Dead of Antietam,” and, as The New York Times reported on October 20, “crowds of people are constantly...
Political Math Is The New Free
Last Saturday, President Joe Biden tweeted the following about his $3.5 trillion proposal: “My Build Back Better Agenda costs zero dollars. Instead of wasting money on tax breaks, loopholes and tax evasion for big corporations and the wealthy, we can make a...
Texas Decides To Defend America: Fact, Not Brag
A week after Sept. 11, 2001, I spoke with a disaster-response expert about terrorist targets in Texas. The Houston Ship Channel, “with all those refineries,” was his first reply. How to protect it? He said: “You tell me.” In December 2020...
News From Around The South, 9/20 to 9/27
GEORGIA: Couurt Says City Can Ban Confederate Fllag From Veterans Day Parade ATLANTA — A Georgia city did not violate the constitutional rights of a Sons of Confederate Veterans group when it banned the Confederate battle flag from its annual parade honoring veterans...Obiter Dicta
PITTSBURGH — Walking out of the Allegheny County Republican election night event at a local luxury hotel, the young men Read More
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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 Read More