News From Around the South, 8/19 to 8/26
GEORGIA: Statue of John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument DECATUR, Ga. — A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed Friday, at the very spot where a contentious monument to the...
The Right to Be Left Alone
“Every move you make And every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I’ll be watching you.” — “Every Breath You Take,” song by The Police The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to privacy....
Group Works to Preserve, Celebrate SC’s Outsized Role in Revolutionary War
More than $2M in state grants doled out so far; $11 million worth of projects are in the works When Molly Fortune moved to Newberry in 2015, she had no idea the street in front of her house was historic. It wasn’t until 2022, when she became executive director of the...
Nuclear Energy Gets Reboot as Electricity Demands Surge
PITTSBURGH — What if we began looking at nuclear energy in a different way? What if those new perspectives worked and brought people from all sides of the energy equation together for the first time in a generation? That is the genesis behind Kentucky-based energy...
News From Around the South, 8/12 to 8/19
SOUTH CAROLINA: Anderson County housing development plans to pave over potential slave gravesite. Neighbors object PENDLETON, S.C. — A 175-acre tract of land along S.C. Highway 187 is one of many in the area that developers are pursuing for housing development, but...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