by editor | Sep 27, 2023 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Amid the racial justice protests of 2020, when Confederate statues all over the country toppled, Mississippi became the last state to remove the Confederate battle flag from its state flag. It was a moment of reckoning for the Lost Cause mythology about the Civil War...
by editor | Sep 26, 2023 | Archive, Southern Partisan
If you’re like me, you’ve gotten a bellyful of AI analysis, speculation and dire warnings over the past few months. Alongside hopes of cancer cures, obedient home robots, personalized tutors, energy efficiency and wildlife preservation, we’ve heard...
by editor | Sep 26, 2023 | Archive, Southern Partisan
WASHINGTON, D.C. — National Cathedral Swaps Confederate Windows for Racial Justice Windows His paintings sometimes sell for millions. This one went for $18.65. Kerry James Marshall, whose works have adorned the walls of national galleries and celebrities’...
by editor | Sep 21, 2023 | Archive, Southern Partisan
On “Meet the Press” last week, former President Donald Trump made a compelling case highlighting the differences between his years in office and President Joe Biden’s. He also substantially and irretrievably undercut his principal defense in the four...
by editor | Sep 21, 2023 | Archive, Southern Partisan
There’s a reason Southern food has such a legendary place in American culinary psychology: it’s been responsible for more classic food innovations than any regional cuisine in the country (even if fried green tomatoes aren’t actually from there)....
by editor | Sep 19, 2023 | Archive, Southern Partisan
CLAIRTON, Pennsylvania — The first steel plant located here along the Monongahela River just over 20 miles south of Pittsburgh was built in 1901. By 1903, the borough of Clairton formed around the industry, and by 1904, U.S. Steel acquired the plant from St. Clair...