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Georgia tried to ban abortions. Telehealth offers a new alternative.

by Emily Weyrauch July 28, 2020September 20, 2021
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'Abortion bans aren't just about abortion'—The fight for reproductive justice in the South

by Tina Vasquez, Prism July 1, 2020September 7, 2021
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HIV test sites challenged by COVID-19 restrictions in Baton Rouge

by Xander Adams May 29, 2020April 13, 2022
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A Love Letter to Black Queers in the Rural South

by Darius Scott May 12, 2020November 13, 2023
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Six Appalachian states did not expand Medicaid. Their free clinics are bearing the burden of COVID-19.

by Taylor Sisk April 28, 2020September 16, 2020
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For Black North Birmingham residents fighting toxic pollution, staying home isn't safe

by Katherine Webb-Hehn April 20, 2020October 1, 2020
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Profit over people: Inside an Appalachian struggle to save rural healthcare

by Katie Myers April 10, 2020September 16, 2020
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Rent Strikes & Beyond: Housing strategies that work for the South

by Alysia Nicole Harris April 9, 2020September 16, 2020
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Rent Strikes & Beyond: Understanding eviction laws in the South

by Alysia Nicole Harris April 8, 2020September 16, 2020
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'We don't want to die here.' Detained immigrants protest amid pandemic

by Carly Berlin April 6, 2020September 27, 2023
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COVID-19: An extensive—and growing—list of political demands in the South

by Danielle Purifoy April 3, 2020September 16, 2020
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In pandemic times, radical imagination matters more than ever.

by Lewis Raven Wallace March 30, 2020February 10, 2021
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Neighbors helping neighbors: a list of coronavirus mutual aid efforts in the South

by Carly Berlin March 20, 2020October 1, 2020
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Detainment centers are not equipped to handle the coronavirus, experts say

by Anna Simonton March 16, 2020September 16, 2020
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'Working sick'—Kentucky miners fight black lung regulations

by Austyn Gaffney March 2, 2020September 16, 2020
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Reproductive justice wins in Tennessee aren't just about abortion

by Megan Jamerson October 28, 2019May 6, 2022
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Pregnant Women Struggling with Addiction Say Doctors Turned Them Away. This Appalachian Clinic Is Changing That.

by Jess Mador September 23, 2019September 16, 2020
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Medical neglect, illegal detention, and retaliation in ICE's Deep South stronghold

by Carly Berlin September 23, 2019September 27, 2023
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North Carolina could finally expand medicaid

by Amanda Abrams July 22, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

How environmental justice is shaping a new civil rights movement in the South

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 10, 2019September 27, 2023
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Abortion is still legal in Georgia–for now

by Scalawag Editors May 13, 2019April 16, 2021
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Mississippians are on the frontlines of the battle for abortion rights

by Ko Bragg February 18, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Forest Bathing in Appalachia: As Popularity Grows, Economic Viability Still a Question

by Tiffany Stevens December 31, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Measures meant to make North Carolina prisons safer are doing the opposite

by Lyle C. May October 29, 2018October 1, 2020
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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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Alabama may have solutions to the nation's Black maternal health crisis

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 24, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

These lessons from Africa could help eradicate poverty-related diseases in the U.S. South

by Lyndsey Gilpin August 30, 2018September 27, 2023
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

In the Black Belt, a template for fixing failing sewage infrastructure

by Melissa Brown July 30, 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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A bill that gives human rights to embryos is headed to the South Carolina Senate floor

by Shani Gilchrist February 26, 2018September 16, 2020

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