Though Graham’s appointment may seem unusual, political inheritance has never been fully absent from American democracy.
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The men responsible for the bloodshed 150 years ago were never prosecuted; instead, they rose to South Carolina’s highest offices.
“No-zero” grading policies are becoming more common in US schools. South Carolina is the first state to ban these policies.
Sen. Graham repeatedly moved in the direction South Carolina and Republican politics were headed rather than where they had been.
Not letting undocumented students pay in-state tuition at public colleges and universities can make the cost of a college education prohibitive.
The Civil Rights Movement is often told in terms of court decisions, brutal beatings and racist demagogues. It’s rarely told from the view of children, who suffered in ways that left emotional scars.
The ruling limits the rights of Medicaid patients to choose their own health care provider. It could have consequences far beyond South Carolina.
Modern school voucher programs, publicized as a tool to provide education options for low-income families, have harmed majority Black schools.
The court’s decision on whether Medicaid patients can choose their own health care provider could have consequences far beyond South Carolina.
A civil rights activist who ran for president twice and became a Democratic power broker, Jackson was an American political icon. But above all, he was a Southerner.
A death row inmate in South Carolina chose firing squad over lethal injection and the electric chair.
Fires are a natural part of the landscape and essential for many species. But scores of fires at once were more than anyone bargained for.
Even though her most famous work, ‘Bastard out of Carolina,’ deals with physical and sexual abuse, this merely constitutes one element of a broader emotional and physical landscape.
Should a rap album be counted as a scholarly work? We asked a scholar who makes hip-hop and hit the recording studio to earn his Ph.D.
Helene’s size and speed worsened everything from its storm surge to its extreme flooding in the mountains. And another hurricane was coming right on Helene’s heels.
If your area experiences a 1,000-year rainfall event, don’t assume that you’re off the hook for the next 999 years.
With Debby’s storm track, much of the East Coast is forecast to get soaked. Climate change also plays a role in the downpours.
In two recent rulings, the conservative justices handed state lawmakers new power to redraw congressional maps to their liking – including in ways that end up diluting the Black vote.
Confinement was the essence of Linda Martell’s brief career as a country star in the 1970s – and it’s the exact sort of fate that Beyoncé has sought to avoid.
Despite intermittent efforts over the past three decades, the UAW union has been unable to organize employees of foreign-based automakers in states such as Alabama and Tennessee.
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Professor of Political Science, Coastal Carolina University
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Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs, Western Carolina University
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Associate Professor of History; Director Center for Civil Rights History and Research, University of South Carolina
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