Confronting Civil Rights History, Face to Face
Filed under: Education, Race Issues, Woman UpIt's easy to forget that some of the nation's civil rights struggles were not so long ago, but plenty of people who went through them are still around to remind us. Permalink | Email this ...
Nikki Haley: Government ‘Never Intended to Be All Things to All People’
Filed under: Republicans, Health Care, Woman Up, Governors, 2010 ElectionsSouth Carolina's governor, in her first State of the State address, said she intends to shrink government and debt by cutting Medicaid payments and eliminating some arts programs...
School Desegregation Battle: A Thing of the Past . . . and the Present
Filed under: Education, Race Issues, Woman UpThe conflicts of more than 50 years ago echo today, though divisions are as much economic as racial. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
Tucson, Arizona: It Could Happen Here, and Anywhere
Filed under: Guns, Terror, Woman Up, Culture, Arizona ShootingTucson had its own special beauty – from the look and smell of the desert after a sudden rain to the Saguaro cactus sentinels at the edge of a front yard. Permalink | Email ...
Mark Sanford’s Final South Carolina Road Trip as Governor
Filed under: Republicans, Woman Up, GovernorsAfter a tumultuous term, departing South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford seems relaxed and ready to give up power to onetime protege Nikki Haley. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blo...
Lessons From Ed Sanders, a Quiet Trailblazer for Educational Equality
Filed under: Education, Race Issues, Woman UpEd Sanders, 88, was buried Tuesday. In 1957, as principal of Central High School in Charlotte, N.C., Sanders escorted 16-year-old Gus Roberts, the school's first black student, through its doors. Sanders en...
N.C. Official: Richard Burr’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Vote Sanctions ‘Sexual Predators’
Filed under: Senate, Gay Rights, Woman Up, Conservatives, MilitaryMecklenburg County Commissioner Bill James says Burr's vote to repeal the policy banning gays from serving openly in the military will cost the GOP senator when he seeks re-election.&nbs...
Elizabeth Edwards ‘A Lighthouse to All of Us,’ Says Daughter Cate at Funeral
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