http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/the-south Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kip-patrick/forgetting-grandma_b_1511392.html 2012-05-21T05:55:58Z 2012-05-22T15:13:07Z Kip Patrick http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kip-patrick/ It was my first backpacking trip abroad, a one-year trek through Central and South America, and I did a very bad thing. For the first six weeks I was ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/maw-maw">Maw Maw</a>, <a href="/tag/kip-patrick">Kip Patrick</a>, <a href="/tag/mothers-day">Mother&#039;s Day</a>, <a href="/tag/alzheimers">Alzheimer&#039;s</a>, <a href="/tag/travel">Travel</a>, <a href="/tag/grandmothers">Grandmothers</a>, <a href="/tag/grandma">Grandma</a>, <a href="/travel">Travel News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-rose/the-ignorance-that-drives_b_1531728.html 2012-05-21T16:48:05Z 2012-05-21T16:47:48Z William Rose http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-rose/ When we talk about all the hatred, fear, and ignorance in this country, I will never understand why people so quickly assume that the racism, homophobia, and brain-drain all comes from the South. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/religion">Religion</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/homophobia">Homophobia</a>, <a href="/tag/rick-santorum">Rick Santorum</a>, <a href="/tag/north-carolina-amendment-one">North Carolina Amendment One</a>, <a href="/tag/gay-marriage">Gay Marriage</a>, <a href="/tag/north-carolina">North Carolina</a>, <a href="/tag/same-sex-marriage">Same-Sex Marriage</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wiley-cash/11-greatest-southern-nove_b_1429546.html 2012-04-17T11:58:56Z 2012-04-17T11:59:14Z Wiley Cash http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wiley-cash/ We're manic when it comes to lists. We'll read anything set in a list format from the "Top 10 Best Beach Bodies" to the "Top 10 Worst Things to Say on a First Date." But when you start making lists about what's "most important," then suddenly listing takes on a whole new meaning. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/southern-novels">Southern Novels</a>, <a href="/tag/best-southern-novels">Best Southern Novels</a>, <a href="/tag/greatest-southern-novels">Greatest Southern Novels</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/tag/south-novels">South Novels</a>, <a href="/books">Books News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-schmock/southern-romney-untrue-gr_b_1350894.html 2012-03-16T08:32:22Z 2012-03-16T08:32:57Z Jonathan Schmock http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-schmock/ <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-schmock/southern-romney-untrue-gr_b_1350894.html" target="_hplink"><img alt="2012-03-16-Screenshot20120316at8.31.08AM.jpg" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2012-03-16-Screenshot20120316at8.31.08AM.jpg" width="300" height="80" /><br /> </a> <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/elections-2012">Elections 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/grits">Grits</a>, <a href="/tag/mitt-romney">Mitt Romney</a>, <a href="/tag/republican-primary">Republican Primary</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/republicans">Republicans</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-solod/the-south-can-rise-again-_b_1342538.html 2012-03-15T13:30:48Z 2012-03-15T13:31:06Z Lisa Solod http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-solod/ As a woman born and raised in the South who has lived in three different southern states, I want to defend the South. I urge the rest of the country not to dismiss the South on the basis of the ugly statements of the ignorant and uneducated. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/anti-semitism">Anti-Semitism</a>, <a href="/tag/racism">Racism</a>, <a href="/tag/the-bible-belt">The Bible Belt</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/newt-gingrich">Newt Gingrich</a>, <a href="/tag/prejudice">Prejudice</a>, <a href="/tag/santorum">Santorum</a>, <a href="/tag/feminism">Feminism</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vignetta-charles-phd/from-isolation-to-telemed_b_1347146.html 2012-03-15T09:50:52Z 2012-03-15T09:52:07Z Vignetta Charles, Ph.D. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/vignetta-charles-phd/ Change is not easy, but the change taking place in Selma -- and across Alabama -- is building momentum for much broader systematic change in the southern communities hit hardest by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/hivaids">HIV/AIDS</a>, <a href="/tag/hiv">Hiv</a>, <a href="/tag/medical-aids-outreach">Medical Aids Outreach</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/american-academy-of-hiv-medicine">American-Academy-of-Hiv-Medicine</a>, <a href="/tag/hiv-treatment">Hiv Treatment</a>, <a href="/impact">Impact News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/08/income-inequality-south_n_1333347.html 2012-03-08T17:49:00Z 2012-03-08T17:49:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ NEW YORK, March 8 (Reuters) - The American south has the country's highest rates of economic inequality, while Midwestern counties are more economic... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/income-inequality-america">Income Inequality America</a>, <a href="/tag/income-gap">Income Gap</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/income-inequality">Income Inequality</a>, <a href="/tag/reuters">Reuters</a>, <a href="/tag/business-news">Business News</a>, <a href="/tag/us-income-inequality">U.S. Income Inequality</a>, <a href="/tag/income-inequality-south">Income Inequality South</a>, <a href="/tag/wealth-gap">Wealth Gap</a>, <a href="/business">Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/michelle-obamas-ancestors_4_b_1305487.html 2012-02-29T16:21:49Z 2012-02-29T16:21:29Z Megan Smolenyak http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/ Several years ago, I conducted extensive genealogical research into the heritage of Michelle Obama. A few of my discoveries -- particularly those per... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/white-house">White House</a>, <a href="/tag/flotus">Flotus</a>, <a href="/tag/michelle-obama">Michelle Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/heritage">Heritage</a>, <a href="/tag/multicultural">Multicultural</a>, <a href="/tag/family-tree">Family Tree</a>, <a href="/tag/black-history-month">Black History Month</a>, <a href="/tag/history">History</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/melvinia-shields">Melvinia Shields</a>, <a href="/tag/ancestors">Ancestors</a>, <a href="/tag/first-lady">First Lady</a>, <a href="/tag/ancestry">Ancestry</a>, <a href="/tag/chicago">Chicago</a>, <a href="/tag/slavery">Slavery</a>, <a href="/tag/roots">Roots</a>, <a href="/tag/genealogy">Genealogy</a>, <a href="/tag/family-history">Family History</a>, <a href="/tag/great-migration">Great Migration</a>, <a href="/tag/african-americans">African Americans</a>, <a href="/celebrity">Celebrity News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bootsnall/7-excellent-weekend-getaw_b_1224720.html 2012-02-17T07:00:00Z 2012-02-17T07:44:26Z BootsnAll http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bootsnall/ People think of Florida beaches or Bourbon Street in New Orleans when they think of holidays in the southern US, but there are plenty of options. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/alabama">Alabama</a>, <a href="/tag/bootsnall">Bootsnall</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/usa">USA</a>, <a href="/tag/tennessee">Tennessee</a>, <a href="/tag/travel">Travel</a>, <a href="/tag/united-states">United States</a>, <a href="/tag/georgia">Georgia</a>, <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/travel">Travel News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephanie-sarkis-phd/crappy-weather-south-flor_b_1258611.html 2012-02-07T13:27:45Z 2012-02-07T13:28:11Z Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephanie-sarkis-phd/ It rained all day today. This is what we in South Florida refer to as "crappy weather." <br /> <br /> Granted, my version of crappy weather is not your version o... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/rain">Rain</a>, <a href="/tag/miami">Miami</a>, <a href="/tag/hurricanes">Hurricanes</a>, <a href="/tag/florida">Florida</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/tampa">Tampa</a>, <a href="/tag/weather">Weather</a>, <a href="/tag/south-florida">South Florida</a>, <a href="/tag/sunshine">Sunshine</a>, <a href="/miami">Miami News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/03/republican-redistricting-segregation_n_1252764.html 2012-02-03T12:23:12Z 2012-02-03T12:23:51Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ North Carolina State Senator Eric Mansfield was born in 1964, a year before the passage of the Voting Rights Act, which guaranteed the right to vote f... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/politics-news">Politics News</a>, <a href="/tag/redistricting">Redistricting</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/2012-elections">2012 Elections</a>, <a href="/tag/gerrymandering">Gerrymandering</a>, <a href="/tag/gop">Gop</a>, <a href="/tag/democrats">Democrats</a>, <a href="/tag/democratic-party">Democratic Party</a>, <a href="/tag/election-2012">Election 2012</a>, <a href="/tag/republican-party">Republican Party</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/republicans">Republicans</a>, <a href="/tag/north-carolina">North Carolina</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/endangered-places-south_n_1232150.html 2012-01-26T09:51:48Z 2012-01-26T09:53:34Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Which areas of the southern United States are the most endangered?<br /> <br /> The Southern Environmental Law Center, a Charlottesville, Virginia-based nonprof... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/endangered-environments">Endangered Environments</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/endangered-places">Endangered Places</a>, <a href="/tag/states">States</a>, <a href="/tag/nature">Nature</a>, <a href="/tag/southeast-endangered-places">Southeast Endangered Places</a>, <a href="/tag/the-southeast">The-Southeast</a>, <a href="/tag/environment">Environment</a>, <a href="/tag/southern-environmental-law-center">Southern Environmental Law Center</a>, <a href="/tag/endangered-places-south">Endangered Places South</a>, <a href="/tag/southeast-states">Southeast States</a>, <a href="/tag/southeast-united-states">Southeast United States</a>, <a href="/green">Green News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-a-love/american-south-immigration_b_1182451.html 2012-01-05T16:45:43Z 2012-01-05T16:45:29Z David A. Love http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-a-love/ The American South can't seem to shake off the Civil War. Or Jim Crow. And yet, that region of the U.S. is undergoing some dramatic changes. How the South responds to these changes will determine how easily it will enter the modern world and usher out the racial demons of its past. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/texas">Texas</a>, <a href="/tag/latinos">Latinos</a>, <a href="/tag/immigration-reform">Immigration Reform</a>, <a href="/tag/alabama">Alabama</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/south-carolina">South Carolina</a>, <a href="/tag/voter-id-laws">Voter ID Laws</a>, <a href="/tag/georgia">Georgia</a>, <a href="/tag/death-penalty">Death Penalty</a>, <a href="/tag/immigration">Immigration</a>, <a href="/tag/nikki-haley">Nikki Haley</a>, <a href="/tag/north-carolina">North Carolina</a>, <a href="/black-voices">Black Voices News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dallas-angguish/savannahs-sandwiches-and-_b_1172495.html 2011-12-28T08:39:16Z 2011-12-28T09:16:28Z Dallas Angguish http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dallas-angguish/ A sign sellotaped to the bench read "All funds to the Church of the Ecstatic Angel Tongues." I instantly got images of people writhing on the ground babbling in gibberish. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/us-destinations">US Destinations</a>, <a href="/tag/slidepollajax">Slidepollajax</a>, <a href="/tag/georgia">Georgia</a>, <a href="/tag/savannah-georgia">Savannah Georgia</a>, <a href="/tag/georgia-travel">Georgia Travel</a>, <a href="/tag/travel-blogs">Travel Blogs</a>, <a href="/tag/destinations">Destinations</a>, <a href="/tag/savannah">Savannah</a>, <a href="/travel">Travel News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/14/paul-derengowski-tarrant-_n_1148707.html 2011-12-14T13:05:35Z 2011-12-14T13:05:35Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/tarrant-county-college-world-religion-class">Tarrant County College World Religion Class</a>, <a href="/tag/tarrant-county-college">Tarrant County College</a>, <a href="/tag/paul-derengowski">Paul Derengowski</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/14/reville-accuser-suing-cit_n_1148648.html 2011-12-14T12:52:32Z 2011-12-14T12:52:32Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/louis-skip-reville">Louis &quot;Skip&quot; ReVille</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/louis-skip-reville-child-sex-allegations">Louis &quot;Skip&quot; ReVille Child Sex Allegations</a>, <a href="/tag/the-citadel">The Citadel</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/13/bria-shante-hunter-famu-b_n_1145562.html 2011-12-13T09:01:38Z 2011-12-13T09:01:38Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The freshman Florida A&M band member who was beaten so badly she could barely walk was picked on in part because she was deemed t... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/famu-hazing-beating">FAMU Hazing Beating</a>, <a href="/tag/famu-hazing">FAMU Hazing</a>, <a href="/tag/famu-hazing-death">FAMU Hazing Death</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/famu">Famu</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/07/shooting-mistletoe_n_1133603.html 2011-12-07T09:09:19Z 2011-12-07T11:34:44Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ It wasn't a silent night.<br /> <br /> A Georgia man preparing for the Christmas season spent a night in jail after he was arrested for shooting at mistletoe ou... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/shotgun">Shotgun</a>, <a href="/tag/georgia">Georgia</a>, <a href="/tag/weird-christmas-2011">Weird Christmas 2011</a>, <a href="/tag/man-shoots-mistletoe">Man Shoots Mistletoe</a>, <a href="/tag/georgia-crime">Georgia Crime</a>, <a href="/tag/weird-christmas">Weird Christmas</a>, <a href="/tag/guns">Guns</a>, <a href="/tag/christmas-2011">Christmas 2011</a>, <a href="/tag/mistletoe">Mistletoe</a>, <a href="/crime">Crime News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/07/eve-carson-murder-trial-s_n_1133999.html 2011-12-07T11:04:00Z 2011-12-07T11:04:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. &mdash; Eve Carson would have been conscious and aware after she was shot four times with a .25-caliber pistol early on the morning... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/unc">Unc</a>, <a href="/tag/eve-carson-unc-student-body-president-murder">Eve Carson UNC Student Body President Murder</a>, <a href="/tag/eve-carson-murder">Eve Carson Murder</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/eve-carson-unc">Eve Carson UNC</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/03/virginia-tech-says-it-act_n_1127000.html 2011-12-03T10:14:43Z 2011-12-03T10:14:43Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; Virginia Tech says it acted appropriately in alerting the campus that bloody spring day in 2007 during what turned out to be the de... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/virginia-tech-shooting-fine">Virginia Tech Shooting Fine</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-tech-shooting">Virginia Tech Shooting</a>, <a href="/tag/virginia-tech">Virginia Tech</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/22/robert-champion-famu_n_1107968.html 2011-11-22T12:36:16Z 2011-11-22T12:36:16Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida A&M University President James Ammons is suspending all practices and performances of the school's famed Marching 100 ban... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/robert-champion-death">Robert Champion Death</a>, <a href="/tag/robert-champion">Robert Champion</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/robert-champion-famu">Robert Champion FAMU</a>, <a href="/tag/florida-am-university">Florida a&amp;M University</a>, <a href="/tag/famu-band">Famu Band</a>, <a href="/tag/famu-marching-100">FAMU Marching 100</a>, <a href="/tag/famu">Famu</a>, <a href="/tag/famu-marching-band">FAMU Marching Band</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/16/east-carolina-university-_n_1097382.html 2011-11-16T11:43:35Z 2011-11-16T11:43:35Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A major university in eastern North Carolina was locked down for three hours Wednesday when a man carrying a golf umbrella was m... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/east-carolina-university-locked-down">East Carolina University Locked Down</a>, <a href="/tag/east-carolina-university-gunman">East Carolina University Gunman</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/east-carolina-university-locked-down-shooter">East Carolina University Locked Down Shooter</a>, <a href="/tag/east-carolina-gunman">East Carolina Gunman</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/15/unc-wilmington-holds-clas_0_n_1094512.html 2011-11-15T07:45:47Z 2011-11-15T07:45:47Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Classes were scheduled to proceed as usual Tuesday morning at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, as the search contin... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/unc-wilmington-shooter">UNC Wilmington Shooter</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/unc-wilmington">UNC Wilmington</a>, <a href="/tag/unc-wilmington-gunman">UNC Wilmington Gunman</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/14/university-of-southern-mi_n_1093391.html 2011-11-14T16:01:43Z 2011-11-14T16:01:43Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ HATTIESBURG, Miss. &mdash; A sorority at the University of Southern Mississippi has placed six of its members on probation for dressing in blackface t... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/blackface-cosby-family">Blackface Cosby Family</a>, <a href="/tag/university-of-southern-mississippi-blackface">University of Southern Mississippi Blackface</a>, <a href="/tag/university-of-southern-mississippi">University of Southern Mississippi</a>, <a href="/tag/phi-mu">Phi Mu</a>, <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/14/the-citadel-faces-child-a_n_1092348.html 2011-11-14T08:29:56Z 2011-11-14T08:29:56Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ After Penn State's horrific abuse scandal came to light last week, another college has come clean about an abuse allegation on their campus. <br /> <br /> On Sa... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/the-south">The South</a>, <a href="/tag/louis-neal-reville">Louis Neal Reville</a>, <a href="/tag/louis-neal-skip-reville-abuse-scandal">Louis Neal &quot;Skip&quot; ReVille Abuse Scandal</a>, <a href="/tag/citadel-abuse-scandal">Citadel Abuse Scandal</a>, <a href="/tag/skip-reville">Skip Reville</a>, <a href="/tag/louis-reville">Louis Reville</a>, <a href="/tag/citadel">Citadel</a>, <a href="/college">College News</a></p>