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Black elders saved this couple's Mississippi farm. Now they're harvesting ancestral techniques—and tomatoes

by Erica Hensley and Teresa Ervin-Springs August 3, 2022September 27, 2023

Mississippi is home to the most Black farmers—they're also aging and retiring the fastest.

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White reporters: It's time to pop your parachute and share your byline

by Erica Hensley August 3, 2022September 27, 2023
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Rural Texans faced the same storm—with unique hardships

by Melissa B. Taboada & Sarah M. Vasquez, The Texas Tribune February 22, 2021September 27, 2023
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Black disillusionment is real, but Black liberation is possible

by Lovey Cooper and Courtney Napier October 16, 2020September 27, 2023
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Don't discount the majority of your state: Reaching rural Southern voters

by Lovey Cooper and Courtney Napier October 16, 2020September 27, 2023
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Black voting rights experts weigh in on disinformation: We've got your back

by Lovey Cooper and Courtney Napier October 16, 2020September 27, 2023
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Lessons from rural communities in the crusade to save the USPS

by Alicia Carter & Haley France September 8, 2020September 27, 2023
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The South Hollers 'Black Lives Matter'

by Alysia Nicole Harris June 11, 2020September 27, 2023
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A parachute-reporter's 10-step cheat sheet for covering the South

by Katherine Webb-Hehn January 6, 2020September 27, 2023
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A Country Queers Dispatch

by R. Garringer July 29, 2019September 27, 2023
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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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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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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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The rural South's invisible public health crisis

by Lyndsey Gilpin July 9, 2018September 27, 2023
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Why the rural South is still being treated as America's toilet bowl

by Lyndsey Gilpin May 21, 2018September 27, 2023
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Telling tales: How the media fails Appalachia

by R. Garringer March 22, 2018September 27, 2023
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Mental health care failing, the economy and opioids deal a crushing blow to many

by Sammy Feldblum November 30, 2017September 27, 2023

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