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Donald Trump will make official the advance polling that has him crushing Nikki Haley’s bid in her native state

In his book, "An American Friendship: Alain Locke, Horace Kallen, and the Development of Cultural Pluralism," David Weinfled examines how two men in the early 20th century helped launch a further discussion about culture. The historian will be on the University of Arkansas campus Thursday evening to deliver the talk, \“Between Confederate Memory And Jewish Identity: Southern Jews And The Lost Cause."

The monument was given to Gaston County more than a century ago by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

Confederate Robert E Lee’s racist legacy fuels US renaming push Chris Moody © A sign reading Hate Has No Home Here hangs by the statue of Civil War Confederate General Robert E... A sign reading Hate Has No Home Here hangs by the statue of Civil War Confederate General Robert E Lee before the first anniversary of the 2017 Charlottesville, Virginia protests [File: Brian Snyder/Reuters] As the United States continues to grapple over race relations and symbols that venerate Co...

As the United States continues to grapple over race relations and symbols that venerate Confederates who fought to perpetuate slavery in the 1860s, communities across the country are considering new approaches to memorialising one of the rebellion’s most famous leaders: General Robert E Lee. To this day, scores of buildings, roads, monuments and institutions bear Lee’s name. Thousands of children are educated at schools named after Lee; “Robert E Lee Day” is still celebrated every Janua...

College of Charleston celebrates 250th anniversary JENNA SCHIFERL, The Post and Courier May 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Students walk past Porters Lodge on the College of Charleston campus, founded in 1770, that is celebrating its 250th year, in Charleston, S.C., Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. In 1794, a group of six students completed their studies, marking the college’s first graduating class. With an enrollment exceeding 10,000 students today, the College of Charleston operates as one of the larg...

April 12, 2021 marks 160 years to the day since the firing on Fort Sumter, the opening salvo of the Civil War. It can be tempting to think of that stretch of time as a massive gulf, practically unbridgeable—at least in the timeline of American history. But consider this: we are now exactly as far removed from the attack on Pearl Harbor, eighty years ago, as Pearl Harbor was

“The Biggest Bluff: How I Learned to Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win” By Maria Konnikova 326 pages Konnikova is a psychologist with an interest in con artistry and game theory. She approached her publisher inspired by Colson Whitehead’s Noble Shuffle, where a magazine gave a novelist 10K to play a Vegas poker tournament. It was an entertainment. Konnikova does another take — ultimately as entertaining, and more helpful to the novice. The author wasn’t a player whe...