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The future of rural North Carolina isn't written on a ballot

by Matt Hartman November 19, 2018September 16, 2020
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A blueprint for progressive wins in the South, and other lessons from the midterm elections

by Anna Simonton November 12, 2018September 16, 2020
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Police lawsuits provide an inside view of cash register justice in Louisiana

by Michael Isaac Stein November 5, 2018September 16, 2020
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These are the women fighting (and dancing) to transform Georgia politics

by Ashleigh Atwell November 5, 2018September 16, 2020
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The Southern Voter's Guide to Ballot Questions

by Stell Simonton October 29, 2018September 16, 2020
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Unapologetically Ike Brown

by Ko Bragg October 29, 2018November 14, 2023
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How transgender people in the South are helping each other get health care

by Lewis Raven Wallace October 24, 2018September 16, 2020
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A movement for police accountability is on Nashville's November ballot

by Margaret Littman October 22, 2018September 16, 2020
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This 24-year-old lawsuit could radically alter public education in North Carolina

by Michael Cooper October 15, 2018November 13, 2023
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Hog Tired: fighting for environmental justice

by Sol Weiner September 24, 2018September 16, 2020
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Alabama may have solutions to the nation's Black maternal health crisis

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 24, 2018September 16, 2020
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The Fight in Swine Country

by Sol Weiner September 17, 2018September 27, 2023
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Fighting racism with community and craft beer

by Dolores Chandler September 3, 2018September 16, 2020
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Midwifery makes a comeback in Alabama

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 3, 2018September 16, 2020
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These lessons from Africa could help eradicate poverty-related diseases in the U.S. South

by Lyndsey Gilpin August 30, 2018September 27, 2023
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Last year, white nationalists staged a fatal race rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The location was no coincidence.

by Frederick Coye Heard August 13, 2018September 16, 2020
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Property, poverty, and aerosol: Street art's impact on Richmond

by Lauren Francis August 2, 2018September 27, 2023
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In the Black Belt, a template for fixing failing sewage infrastructure

by Melissa Brown July 30, 2018September 27, 2023
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What would improve life in the rural South? Ask rural Southerners

by Matt Hartman July 26, 2018September 27, 2023
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From Georgia to North Korea, communities are fighting nuclear industries

by Gabrielle Hernandez July 11, 2018September 27, 2023
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The rural South's invisible public health crisis

by Lyndsey Gilpin July 9, 2018September 27, 2023
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Unions are needed everywhere—especially prisons

by Jonathan Michels July 5, 2018June 23, 2021
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A lot is at stake in the North Carolina midterms

by Michael Cooper July 3, 2018September 16, 2020
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"We fight for what's right and we fix what's wrong": Voices from Kentucky's Poor People's Campaign

by Austyn Gaffney July 2, 2018September 16, 2020
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Civility Is Not Solidarity: An Editorial Call to Action

by Zaina Alsous June 28, 2018September 27, 2023
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'Prisoners' organizations were thought to be dangerous.': Conversations with organizers of the North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union

by Jonathan Michels June 26, 2018November 16, 2022
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'The most violently exploited group in America': Incarcerated workers

by Jonathan Michels June 19, 2018June 23, 2021
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Alabama's Republican women might still make history

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 5, 2018September 16, 2020
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With the Poor People's Campaign, Southern progressives aim to reclaim "morality" from the Right

by Dan Holly June 4, 2018September 16, 2020
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Thinning safety nets and the closure of Atlanta's homeless shelters

by Gabrielle Hernandez May 31, 2018November 14, 2023

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