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In Photos: A year in the life of Mississippi's 66th Choctaw Indian Princess
Shemah Ladania Crosby, 2021-2022 Choctaw Princess of The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, on the importance of family and community support in realizing her dreams.
Blue County, Purple State
While the county might remain an uphill battle for Republicans, North Carolina as a whole is a political toss-up.
On abortion, count on Gen Z for more than votes
For all the debate on how young voters will show up in 2022, there's a mismatch between campaigns to engage them and their experiences organizing for reproductive justice on the ground.
How we save ourselves: Interventions beyond the ballot box
Groups that employ continued, year-round civic engagement in the South walk us through the connection between electoral power and creating real opportunities for our communities to thrive.
How we build political power: Lessons from Texas and Florida organizers
Organizers in Texas and Florida share what it means to build power outside of traditional electoral campaigns.
Arts & Soul
In the soil, in the sound: Houston's Jamal Cyrus gets to the root of Southern Black aesthetics
Houston-based visual artist Jamal Cyrus' first career-survey exhibition 'The End of My Beginning' comes to the Mississippi Museum of Art, showcasing his decadeslong exploration into the aesthetics of Black radical expression.
Bookmobiles to the rescue
In 26 states, students' access to books in school is under attack. Texas leads the nation with 16 districts enacting 713 individual bans.
'beyond a better hell' / talking to ghosts: a mixtap/e/ssay
History is a groove according to hip-hop scholar A.D. Carson. But when the soundtrack of Black grief continues to be remixed and sampled without meaningful change, Black folks are forced to compare this current hell to the last one.
'The imaginary line in the sand': Texas artist's installation challenges U.S.-Mexico border
Karla García's binational art installation, 'La Línea Imaginaria,' makes personal memory the center of focus in the southwest desert landscape—rather than the imperialism of the U.S. border.
Out of the Shadows: The Queer Life of Artist Beauford Delaney
Revered by Georgia O'Keeffe, James Baldwin, and many more, queer Southern painter Beauford Delaney was almost lost to history. Black arts organizers are recovering his legacy for audiences from Knoxville to Paris.
Race & Place
Sentenced to Trauma: Inside the volatility and disorder of prison
How arbitrary punishment in prison spurs invasive nightmares, dissociative events, crippling anxiety, and substance abuse.
Something about mysticism, Coyote's Ghost, and being afraid of owls
EXACTLY HOW MANY TIMES IN A CONVERSATION CAN YOU WORK IN THAT YOU'RE FROM OKLAHOMA?
Remembering Tyrik
My little brother was murdered on his birthday last year. Now I mourn the way violence and trauma disrupted our childhood.
Only Murders in the Building exemplifies the lies in 'true' crime
"The most insidious message of the show is masked behind the comedic brilliance of the performances by Gomez, Martin, and Short—an obsession with true crime makes us, citizens, arm-chair cops eager to figure…
The Dropout dramatizes Elizabeth Holmes' fraudulent rise. Endless military funding is also a scam.
"The Dropout portrays, with acute awareness of this reality, the priorities and allegiances of our political leaders. Theranos raised $945 million from high-profile investors and public figures."
