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Black futures and Black places

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If you've never shot drugs, you ain't got a clue: Steve's story

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Harm reduction is compassion, harm reduction is love: Louise's story

by Jonathan Michels May 14, 2017November 16, 2022
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North Carolina's strange election

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Review: In Blue Texas, all that is old is new again

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Betsy DeVos doesn't really believe in democracy

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Your neighborhood midwife, Afua Hassan

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What kind of landscapes should we build in the South?

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What will indigenous sovereignty look like in the Trump era?

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How do you beat plantation power?

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Who gets to legislate heritage in Virginia?

by Brooke Newman March 2, 2017September 27, 2023
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Meet Alabama's new U.S. Senator, Luther Strange

by Josh Moon February 16, 2017September 16, 2020
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In Lowndes County, getting free means getting infrastructure

by Danielle Purifoy February 13, 2017September 27, 2023
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Here are the freedom songs of the Movement for Black Lives

by Willie Jamaal Wright February 9, 2017September 16, 2020
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Want to beat racism? Stop labeling people as racists, and start asking better questions.

by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva February 7, 2017September 16, 2020
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Will Atlanta protect immigrants and refugees from the Trump administration?

by Ari Bee February 2, 2017September 27, 2023
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The South knows about White backlash. Here's what Reconstruction can teach us about today's crisis.

by David Eil February 1, 2017January 6, 2021
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American values are under attack. Here's how North Carolinians can stand up and fight back.

by Damjan Denoble January 30, 2017September 27, 2023
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How federal prisoners might become Appalachia's new 'black gold'

by Kate Jenkins January 27, 2017September 16, 2020
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Stories from a town built in the face of racist violence

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What the Moral Monday Movement can teach us about resisting Trump

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Kentucky should move forward, not backward, on healthcare access

by Brandi Jones and Mallika Sabharwal January 12, 2017September 16, 2020
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Why is Donald Trump picking Southerners like Rex Tillerson?

by Jordan Schneider January 10, 2017September 16, 2020
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What's changed in Lowndes County, Alabama—and what hasn't

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Finding places of their own

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Why are dinosaurs fighting Confederate soldiers in Virginia?

by Collin Whitt January 5, 2017September 16, 2020
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Editorial: Trump and the end of technocracy

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Temper-tantrum politics and North Carolina's irregular governor's race

by Sammy Feldblum December 5, 2016September 16, 2020
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Which Civil War will Richmond choose to remember?

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When bad-faith politics come to Durham

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