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Make a joyful noise with us at GROW Thursday nights!

Test your US Constitution IQ A Modjeska Simkins School Pop Quiz

Friends of democracy: happy US Constitution Day! We've made a little quiz to mark the occasion. Good luck!

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70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men.

His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary

GROW adds Creole spice to the menu Need relief from all the crazy? Put on your party dress, lace up your dancing shoes, and join us Thursday night at 8 for GROW’s first Blues Workshop Jam. It promises to be a lively gathering, headl...

Today you find a date. Thursday night you come to GROW and get your groove on. Friday you feel better about humanity. No lie.

Tonight.

Our 1st and 3rd Thursday jazz workshops at GROW have been so great we are adding blues to the line-up. Beginning Aug. 28, you can hear live music every Thursday 8-10pm at our HQ. Dark times require dancing, y'all.

80 years ago, on August 6, 1945, the United States committed one of the most atrocious crimes in human history and plunged the world into a nuclear dark age. It dropped nuclear weapons on Hiroshima, Japan and mass murdered an estimated 70,000 to 140,000 people, mostly civilians, instantly.

YouTube video by SC Progressive Network Brett Bursey remembers Jim Campbell on the occasion of his 100th birthday

He was our friend and our mentor. We miss the remarkable James E. Campbell. May he rest in power.

YouTube video by Lowcountry Action Committee James Eber Campbell 100th Birthday Tribute

Friends and family gathered yesterday in Charleston and online to remember the extraordinary revolutionary Jim Campbell on his 100th birthday. Wonderful tribute to our longtime comrade. We miss him dearly, but his spirit lives on.

Nancy Mace Botched Black History Facts at Black Outreach Event Mace spoke at Charlie Kirk's Blexit event in Tampa

Nancy Mace Botched Black History Facts at Black Outreach Event

Mace spoke at Charlie Kirk's Blexit event in Tampa

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This airs at 8 am EDT tomorrow at aljazeera.com/live and then will be repayable at some point at www.aljazeera.com/program/head.... It’ll be better than anything you usually watch in the morning, I’m sure. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social was terrific.

Editorial: As if we needed it, here's one more reason to rein in SC charter schools The controversial charter school principal makes more than nearly all SC superintendents, but Erskine Charter Institute says its powerless to reduce the pay.

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A landmark study by Stanford University found that most charter schools are providing dramatically better education than traditional public schools — except in South Carolina and two other states.

Jobs with Justice!

Join us this afternoon beginning at 4:30 for the Jasper Project's Activism Resource Fair at Stormwater Studios, 413 Pendleton St. in Columbia. We have free stuff and books for purchase. Come see us!

Listen to @warren.senate.gov!

If you want to keep your healthcare, #KillTheBill! 🚫

After 4 months of intensive study together, students from across South Carolina gathered for a joyous graduation ceremony at our HQ in Columbia. Congratulations to them all!

Tonight!

Analysis | Tim Scott’s video attacking CBO: Nine errors in 60 seconds Every claim made by the Republican senator to ridicule the nonpartisan agency turns out to be false

Fact Checker by Glenn Kessler: Every claim made by Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) to ridicule the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office turns out to be false.

Our favorite sign today: It's my birthday too, but I'm not an asshole. #NoKings

Looking good, Columbia!

YouTube video by SC Progressive Network Dr. Robert Greene II on teaching truth

"To teach truth is to say who we are as Americans and as human beings. To do anything else is to lie about who we are. And, after all, nobody likes a liar."

YouTube video by SC Progressive Network Teach Truth Day 2025

"If you're teaching but not telling the truth, what are you doing but indoctrinating?" Cecil Cahoon

We marked Teach Truth Day at the SC State House. What a beautiful sight.

Today, in 1431 Joan of Arc was executed. She fought against tyranny then, as we do now. She challenged gender & social expectations, leading armies with nothing but conviction & determination. She fought for justice & legitimacy in a man's world. Let her courage light the way. #BeLikeJoan

Briggs Before and Beyond Brown On May 17, the SC Civil Rights Museum in Orangeburg hosted a program to explore Briggs v Elliott's role — and historical snub — in the landmark Brown v Board case. USC's Dr. Bobby Donaldson modera...

Wonderful program at the SC Civil Rights Museum!