(GEORGETOWN, SC) – The Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce has issued a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request to Santee Cooper, the state-owned
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For decades, Black South Carolinians have suffered from infrastructure projects that have destroyed our communities and prevented our ability to accrue wealth. Despite the federal government’s recent commitment to rectifying these past harms, South Carolina seems ready to repeat these
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(Columbia, SC) – A lawsuit filed today in United States District Court seeks to reverse the Pickens County School Board’s decision to remove Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped: Racism, Antiracism,
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NEW YORK — A man who wrongfully served two decades in prison for the 1965 murder of civil rights leader Malcolm X and was exonerated only last year has sued the city
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For decades, Black South Carolinians have suffered from infrastructure projects that have destroyed our communities and prevented our ability to accrue wealth. Despite the federal government’s recent commitment to rectifying these past
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The Fort Jackson soldier seen pushing and threatening a young Black man in a viral video in April was found guilty of third-degree assault and battery on Monday, according to the Richland County, South
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The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (“SC NAACP”) filed a motion on Wednesday to intervene in Bishop of Charleston v. Adams, a case before the U.S. District Court for the
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In less than a decade, the Florida-based attorney has become the voice for the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd — Black people whose deaths at the
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Recently, 2020, Mayor Steve Benjamin and the City of Columbia City Council approved a resolution to declare Juneteenth a City of Columbia holiday and beginning June 19, 2021 will begin observing the
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Immigrant families in South Carolina face unique challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite paying taxes, these families are not eligible for federal relief funds and many lack access to essential information and services
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(GEORGETOWN, SC) – The Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce has issued a Freedom of Information (FOIA) request to Santee Cooper, the state-owned utility regarding its diversity and inclusion practices. “During the February
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