Enemies of All Mankind
Last week in a federal courtroom at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an American physician hired by the Pentagon testified about the CIA’s use of rectal “feeding” tubes on prisoners it detained and tortured in Thailand from 2001 to 2006....
Documentary to Feature S.C. Family of Black Magicians During Jim Crow
SPARTANBURG — When conversations about perseverance during the oppressive Jim Crow Era arise, the topic of stage magic isn’t the first to come to mind. Despite laws that were in place at the time, many Black entertainers who came from the South traveled across the...
The Legacy of Jimmy Carter
In 2015, at the age of 90, former president Jimmy Carter released a statement saying that he had metastatic melanoma and that the cancer had spread to his brain. “It’s in the hands of God,” he calmly explained, “whom I worship.” News...
News From Around the South 2/20 to 2/27
SOUTH CAROLINA: State Weighs ‘Yankee Tax’ On Newcomer Driving Fees COLUMBIA, S.C. – Additional fees may be coming for incoming South Carolina residents who want to legally drive on their new home state’s roads. Droves of newcomers have made South...
War And The Constitution
Can the president fight any war he wishes? Can Congress fund any war it chooses? Are there constitutional and legal requirements that must first be met before war is waged? Can the United States legally attack an ally? These questions should be front and center in a...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