It's hardly surprising once you think about it, but you probably don't think about it, so it's worth noting the role slavery had in building so many of our older institutions of higher education. Finally, some institutions are becoming serious about remembering that history and...
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Stand Your Ground laws are horrible by themselves. But the idea that these laws are meant to allow citizens to defend themselves is laughable. The laws' real meaning is to.
Say what you will about modern conservatives, but sometimes they are at least unintentionally honest. I’ll say this about South Carolina’s historic education reform: It’s bold. https://t.co/mtqJI7UOq1 pic.twitter.com/IEoTjuAnav— Neetzan Zimmerman.
Oh South Carolina: Earlier this year eight-year-old Olivia McConnell wrote her state representatives to suggest that since South Carolina doesn’t currently have a state fossil, it should be given one! Olivia decided that she needed a legitimate reason to suggest this besides liking fossils, so...
2010 broke new ground in Confederate nostalgia arguments--defining Denmark Vesey as a terrorist. Global War on Terror indeed. But there's now a Vesey statue up in Charleston, honoring the man.
On July 2, 1822, Denmark Vesey, a free African-American living in Charleston, South Carolina, was executed for his role in leading a purported slave rebellion. This event marked a significant.
Two stories here that revolve around the theme of organized labor rarely getting value for the money it donates to Democratic politicians. On the national level, Communication Workers of American president Larry Cohen held a conference call with reporters and bloggers yesterday to say that...
As we close another Decoration Day, we have David Blight with typically excellent stories about Civil War memory: But for the earliest and most remarkable Memorial Day, we must return.
Not that we should be surprised that Jim DeMint is calling for nullification of the health care law. “I urge every governor to stop implementing the health care exchanges that.
I think I can speak for all LGM writers in support of the Laurens County (SC) Republican Party and its pledge that it wants to demand of all Republican candidates: You must favor, and live up to, abstinence before marriage. You must be faithful to...
We sometimes don't immediately think of the history of slavery as labor history, but of course, it's absolutely fundamental to any understanding of labor history in the American South (and.
Oh South Carolina, have you ever elected decent politicians? I will try to counter one clear criticism of this list. I know that there are a few state-level people who.