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Will JFK's Party Become Sanders' Party? Feb. 25, 2020
Sen. Bernie Sanders may be on the cusp of both capturing the Democratic nomination and transforming ... Read More
A Long Overdue Visit to Newberry, South Carolina Dec. 21, 2019
By Bonnie and Bill Neely Although I grew up only an hour from Newberry, South Carolina, I had never ... Read More
Amid Growing Trump Turmoil, This Is the Worst Time to Cancel GOP Primaries Oct. 10, 2019
Moves by Republican organizers in four states to cancel party primaries and rubber-stamp the 2020 re... Read More
What We Can Learn From Storms Sep. 19, 2019
As Hurricane Dorian tore through the Bahamas, wreaking havoc and causing loss of human life and dest... Read More
Insularity or Innovation: The Precarious Future of HBCUs Aug. 15, 2019
It has been an open secret for several decades that the writing is on the wall for most historically... Read More
He Actually Was a Great Man Apr. 13, 2019
He was the most uncommon presidential candidate. Most of them, disappointingly, flatter every group ... Read More
Case of Mistaken Identity Offers a Warning for Political Life Oct. 03, 2018
Conservative talk-radio host Glenn Beck has a new book out, "Addicted to Outrage." At this particula... Read More
Where Is the Republican Gene McCarthy? Jun. 16, 2018
After Election Day in 1964, when Lyndon B. Johnson won a landslide victory over Republican Barry Gol... Read More
Which Politicians Look Like Their Home State? May. 12, 2018
West Virginia — which, between 2015 and 2016, was the only state to see both more deaths than ... Read More
Trump's People Would Dirty Everyone's Nest but Their Own Apr. 26, 2018
It's easy to tell when the Trump administration has nasty plans for the environment. The officials i... Read More
We Have Nothing Left Holding Us Together Aug. 31, 2016
On Friday, a South Carolina high school stopped students from bringing American flags to a football ... Read More
Sanders Must Level With His Young Voters Mar. 01, 2016
What happened in the South Carolina primary? Bernie Sanders was asked. "We got decimated, that's wha... Read More
A Rare Glimpse at Trump On and Off the Stage Feb. 25, 2016
Atlanta — Let me make it clear: If a presidential candidate's team invites me to meet the cand... Read More
Fighting for the Soul of the Republican Party Jan. 12, 2016
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — At a time and day — 8:30 a.m. on a Saturday — when most... Read More
Discover Southern Hospitality in South Carolina Aug. 22, 2015
By Kailash Maharaj and Shivana Maharaj What's come over us? Despite a natural reticence, we can't qu... Read More
Flogging the Flag Where There Is None Jul. 30, 2015
When South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed a bill to boot the Confederate flag from State House gro... Read More
Is the Civil War Over? Jul. 14, 2015
In the wake of the recent murders in a South Carolina church, the killer's hope of igniting a race w... Read More
The Meaning of Charleston Jun. 25, 2015
Almost immediately after a white killer gunned down nine black worshippers at a historic church in C... Read More
Prejudice Wrong Belief System, but Not Part of Country's DNA Jun. 25, 2015
Long before last week's killings in Charleston, South Carolina, which appear to have been motivated ... Read More
What if He Hadn't Been Holding That Confederate Flag? Jun. 24, 2015
On the evening of June 17, nine black Americans were killed in their Charleston, South Carolina, chu... Read More
