Mississippians are on the frontlines of the battle for abortion rights
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A woman who survived an illegal abortion tells her story as Mississippi lawmakers pass the most restrictive anti-abortion bill in the nation.
The cruel tactic ICE is using to ramp up deportations
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Families are left to pick up the pieces when a loved one is taken away with no warning.
Immigration
Lingering long after a storm, mold and mental health issues
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North Carolinians are organizing against "toxic resiliency," focused on healing from trauma.
Poor southerners are joining the globe’s climate migrants
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This is what climate catastrophe looks like.
Environmental Justice
Shrieking Sam
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Silent Sam speaks loud and clear across generations and across the United States. NC-native Danielle Purifoy reflects on forms of Confederate violence on campus and the fight back.
Combating White Supremacy
Whether Fences or Not
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When I remember what a privilege it is to have a place, any place, in the web of existence on this planet, I return with humble gratitude to the awe-inspiring, primal fact of the moment: I am alive, I am part of this place, part of the totality.
Issue 12
Appalachian Whiteness: A History that Never Existed
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“When people hold Appalachia as ‘the most American,’ they’re doing it in a racialized way. The reality is, people have always come in from the outside — and more likely than not, they’ve mixed with those already there.”
Appalachia
Forever family: Lesbian foster parents on a journey to adopt in the Bible Belt
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Readers rooted for the Glasscos when we first shared their story of becoming foster parents in spite of Alabama’s anti-LGBTQ law. Find out what happened when they went to court to adopt 6-year-old Jay.
LGBTQ
Saving Climate Changelandia
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Refusing to be cast as the sad victims of sea-level rise, these Louisiana fishermen are finding ways to adapt and survive.
Environmental Justice
Pitting religious freedom against LGBTQ rights in Puerto Rico
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The influence the conservative group Puerto Rico por la Familia has had on the Government of Puerto Rico has resulted in various forms of violence toward the LGBT community.