Aiken Area Progressive

Progressive blog for the Central Savannah River Area.

Month: June, 2024

Time for the College Board to lay down the law against South Carolina as Ellen Weaver bans Advanced Placement Black Studies

Columbia — Ellen Weaver, the illegitimate Superintendent of South Carolina, has chosen to violate the rules the College Board set for Advanced Placement curriculum.

Weaver unilaterally banned Advanced Placement Black Studies for the upcoming school year, despite record-breaking interest in the course from pupils all over the state.

Read the rest of this entry »

Youtube takes baby steps in dealing with the actual public health crisis, but it doesn’t go far enough

Palo Alto, Calif. — Amidst the real public health crisis, the sole video content platform is taking a small step towards finally making the platform more family-friendly.

And it’s been a long time since Youtube has done anything about firearm and violent content.

Read the rest of this entry »

Primary Day is Tuesday: we have how the ballots will look

The primaries for the South Carolina elections are finally upon us.

North Carolina and Georgia, in that chronological order, have already held their primaries, with Georgia settling things in a runoff for unfinished elections held on May 21 on June 18.

Read the rest of this entry »