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Lowcountry Oyster Festival a Hit Despite Rain

World's largest oyster festival was a crowded, wet, shucking good time. Take that, rain.

“We have a state that’s changing demographically and culturally” Noble explained, “and we need a leader who is able to work with both sides of government to achieve new results”.

Travel Guide: New Orleans

In the mood for a getaway? Check out New Orleans.

On The Massacre in Orlando—An Essay of Contradictions

The NRA wants gun purchases to be as easy as getting a cheeseburger—it’s more money for them and their buddies. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not anti-gun. I just want it to be harder for citizens to obtain one.

Election Season Highlights—Steven Smith, S.C. House District 15

On Tuesday, June 14th, the citizens of Charleston will take to the polls to decide who will win in several key primaries. Here Mr. Steven Smith, Republican candidate for SC State House 15, speaks to Grit Contributor Lorena Jordan on his life and issues.

The Political Landscape…errr Wasteland

I’ve been casually following the 2016 presidential candidates for both political parties for several months now. Who the hell do you like in this putrid race for the White House?

The Road Goes on Forever and the Party Never Ends: Mayoral Race

Every single person running for mayor has come out in support of extending I-526. Why is Charleston intent on destroying it's culture? Stop the madness.

The Charleston Mayoral Race

On November 3rd, 2015, the people of Charleston will do something that has not been done since 1975: go vote in a mayoral race that won’t have Joseph P. Riley, Jr. on the ballot. For this historical election, I decided to research the candidates to discover more about them, and determine who were my top choices and who I felt needed one more four year term before winning the hottest seat in town.

Planned Parenthood PingPong

Defunding Planned Parenthood Misses the Point

THE PAPAL PHENOMENON

It is impressive and perhaps mystifying that Pope Francis is drawing such extensive crowds - that he was the first pope ever to address both houses of Congress and that he is speaking to the United Nations. Shrink Think takes a stab at why the times and the man are right for each other.

Anatomy Of A Playlist

Because every song has a story

Hispanic Heritage Month – Celebrating Afro Hispanic Identity

As an African Studies enthusiast, I learned a long time ago that the overwhelming majority of enslaved people brought from Africa during the Trans Atlantic Slave trade ended up in Hispanic colonies throughout the Caribbean and South America. So for me, Hispanic Heritage Month represents another opportunity to celebrate and uplift black history on a national scale, similarly to how it’s done in February for African American History.

From the Leftist Christian to the Socially Conscious Anarchist: The People’s Solidarity Society

“When you criminalize the poor, this is class war!” The Peoples Solidarity Society held a protest against the new law banning pan handling in Charleston, SC. The new ordinance prohibits anyone — including panhandlers, people collecting money for charities, handing out religious fliers or selling newspapers — from passing items to or from the occupant of a vehicle on a roadway in a traffic lane.

Hippies are Terrible

Baby Boomers Go Bust

Grit Picks for your Weekend, July 17-19

A roundup of events this weekend, July 17-19

The Failures of US Public Schooling: Past and Present

As the community continues to advocate on behalf of the future of Burke High School, it's important to draw on the lessons of past educational movements and their failings.

Confessions of an Uber Driver

Need cash? Own a car? Consider driving for Uber. But not before reading this interview for the inside scoop on what it's like to partner with the service in Charleston.

Deconstructing Patti O'Furniture

You many know Patti, but do you know Pat? In a town where his drag persona takes center stage, Pat Patterson talks about life growing up in a small, conservative enclave and the path paved by politicians that bred in him a desire to serve. In a unique and sometimes unconventional manner, using his stage name as well as his given moniker by birth, he goes above and beyond to give back to and enrich the communities that embrace them both. The resident drag queen of Dudley's on Ann steps aside for this one-on-one interview with the man behind by the makeup.

Restaurant Review: Prohibition (Zero out of 5 stars)

One would hope that a restaurant called "Prohibition" would be free of the alcoholic temptations and bedevilment that runs rampant in our city, but not even it is safe from the pervasive influence of the liquor traffickers.

Where's the Center?

No, we're not talking about basketball. In a world of radical politicians, Shep Rose wonders when we might come to a center, a mutually beneficial meeting place.

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