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It took months of protest to win back control of local elections.
Reclaiming the legacy of one of Duke University’s forgotten Black labor and civil rights organizers
They’ve got a roadmap for AOC and other politicians pushing the Green New Deal.
SONG’s Mary Hooks talks about the struggle to build beloved community for queer and trans southerners by “melting ICE,” bailing out Black mamas, debaucherous Gaycations, and visioning an end to capitalism.
In light of last year’s Fair Pay to Play Act, sports writer Daniel Johnson takes a look at the long history of labor organizing in college athletics.
Preemption laws have killed workers’ rights throughout the South. A campaign to change that is taking off in Louisiana.
For a new year of election-fueled parachuting into the South, here’s a handy how-to for crafting astute examinations of the region you love to hate.
Residents say federal agencies and contractors have left them in the dark about public health risks related to a Superfund site.
The actions of police, prosecutors and judges in the state ultimately end the childhood of black kids far more often – and with far greater severity.
From stopping the removal of Confederate statues to preventing affordable housing legislation, this old legal doctrine has been thwarting local democracy since Reconstruction.
Homelessness is a persistent problem in small towns and cities like Hickory, North Carolina, where industry has been trickling out for decades.
Across the South, communities of color have found ways to roll back the power of the prison industrial complex, and change how we think about public safety altogether.
Modern-day Booth relatives are also skeptical. “My family believes he escaped,” said Hulme.
How Southern organizers are charting the course toward quality healthcare, abortion rights, work-family policies, and other ways to ensure wellness in marginalized communities.
