Tag: South Carolina
Cancel Caribou? Another Questionable Tribute at the American Museum of Natural History
The role of science in justifying racism and eugenics is a subject that needs to be opened up wide, not decorously ignored any longer.
Honored by Statue, Democratic South Carolina Senator Said Some Blacks “Near Akin to Monkey”
Benjamin Tillman was a monster. He publicly defended lynchings. He drew on evolutionary racism to preach black inferiority.
China Credibly Accused of Organ-Harvesting Atrocity
A report presents shocking evidence of horrific human-rights abuses, including from witness testimony, analyses of public records, and reviewing of scholarly reports.
Don’t Miss the Solar Eclipse! (Unless You Are Ill, or Trapped in a Dungeon)
C’mon. This is the first time in almost a century that a total eclipse will traverse the fruited plains from coast to coast.
Good News, South Carolina Won’t Require Students to Study Evolution as Dogma
However you define the term “theory,” it’s good pedagogy to approach controversial scientific claims like biological evolution in a skeptical, scientific spirit.