A Free Online Toolkit Aims to Help Groups in S.C. Preserve Black History
WEST COLUMBIA — Managing a preservation and renovation project like that of the Edgewood School is no easy feat. Cindye Richburg-Cotton and her team at West Columbia’s Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center write and manage grants, review proposals for roofing...
Trump’s Citizenship Decree Contradicts the 14th Amendment and 127 Years of Judicial Precedent
In practical terms, Donald Trump’s attempt to nullify birthright citizenship by executive decree, which ran into immediate legal trouble last week, is probably the least significant element of his immigration crackdown. But it is telling as an indication of the...
News From Around the South, 1/20 to 1/27
GEORGIA: Former Georgia Southern Professor Publishes Novel On Founding of Savannah Yamacraw Bluff, a historical novel charting the trials and tribulations of Savannah’s founders, is gaining attention in Amazon’s top books in cultural history. The novel, written by...
TikTok and the Freedom of Speech
“Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech or of the press…” —First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution During the oral argument before the Supreme Court in the famous Pentagon Papers case, a fascinating colloquy took place...
Revolutionary War Battle Commemorated Over 2 Centuries After Cowpens Clash
GAFFNEY, S.C. — On Jan. 17, 1781, a late-stage Revolutionary War battle in the South Carolina backcountry ended in an American victory, hampering the British war effort in the South and helping set the stage for their surrender at Yorktown. This instrumental clash —...Obiter Dicta
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SOUTH CAROLINA: ‘Just wonderful’: USC musicians perform at Congaree National Park for country’s 250th birthday In a celebration of American music, the student performers also hoped to introduce more people Read More