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Alabama

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Dangerous conditions may exist in this area

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 24, 2019September 16, 2020
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Forever family: Lesbian foster parents on a journey to adopt in the Bible Belt

by Katherine Webb-Hehn December 17, 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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Midwifery makes a comeback in Alabama

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 3, 2018September 16, 2020
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The rural South's invisible public health crisis

by Lyndsey Gilpin July 9, 2018September 27, 2023
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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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Who will speak for Alabama's ghosts?

by Christine Folch May 11, 2018October 1, 2020
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In Montgomery, a harrowing, beautiful reckoning with racial terror

by Sammy Feldblum May 8, 2018October 1, 2020
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Scalawag, narrow victories, and the march forward

by Evan Walker-Wells April 20, 2018October 1, 2020
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Horrific conditions in some Alabama daycares will finally change with new law

by Katherine Webb-Hehn April 9, 2018September 16, 2020
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How far will Alabama go to keep its citizens from voting?

by Anna Simonton April 6, 2018September 16, 2020
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Meet the Glasscos: Lesbian foster parents in the Bible Belt

by Katherine Webb-Hehn January 30, 2018September 16, 2020
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The Lady and the land: Esther Calhoun leads The Black Belt Citizens in the fight against environmental racism in rural Alabama

by Salaam Green December 26, 2017September 16, 2020
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How Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama

by Katherine Webb-Hehn December 12, 2017September 16, 2020
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Christians could swing Alabama's senate election

by Katherine Webb-Hehn November 27, 2017September 16, 2020
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Myself, and other storm stories

by Alice Lesperance October 3, 2017September 27, 2023
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Two poems: "Job 9:20, America, 2017" and "They Found an Underwater Forest in Alabama"

by Jeremy Ray Jewell September 20, 2017December 3, 2020
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The purple tide in Alabama politics

by Katherine Webb-Hehn August 15, 2017September 16, 2020
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Growing up gay in Alabama and finding myself in S-Town

by Alice Lesperance May 28, 2017September 27, 2023
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Black futures and Black places

by Danielle Purifoy May 28, 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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Stories from a town built in the face of racist violence

by Danielle Purifoy January 24, 2017September 27, 2023
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What's changed in Lowndes County, Alabama—and what hasn't

by Danielle Purifoy January 9, 2017September 27, 2023
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Going home? Scenes from Lowndes County

by Danielle Purifoy November 24, 2015October 1, 2020
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Alabama's DMV closures remind us why we need the Voting Rights Act

by Michael Jones October 13, 2015September 16, 2020

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