Detainment centers are not equipped to handle the coronavirus, experts say
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As the coronavirus pandemic worsens, mass incarceration is a public health threat to everyone.
Who is allowed to report from the inside?
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The era of mass incarceration has not only stripped millions of their freedom; it also eroded the public’s right to know what happens to prisoners on the inside.
Journalism
Community takes down neo-Nazis and slumlords in rural Tennessee
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By building relationships of trust and care, this community stood up to white supremacists––and then took on their landlords.
Tennessee
In the wake of Tennessee’s tornadoes, some ways to send and receive aid—and things to avoid
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In times of tragedy, well-meaning bystanders close and afar can boost and empower the wrong aid efforts. The South’s rampant aid imbalance is further exemplified when trending charities aren’t properly vetted.
Extreme Weather
NC workers making sub-minimum wage could get a boost on Super Tuesday
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$7.25 is bad enough, but some workers are making even less.
Elections
‘Working sick’—Kentucky miners fight black lung regulations
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Kentucky is home to the largest cluster of black lung cases since the 1990s. The Republican state legislature now limits who can make a diagnosis. With the support of dissenting legislators, some miners are fighting back.
Appalachia
North Carolina’s hog industry could turn a corner—for better or worse
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Local groups have been organizing community members to document and resist dangerous conditions for decades, but the industry has resisted demands for change. That is beginning to shift.
Agriculture
Who was Oliver Harvey?
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Reclaiming the legacy of one of Duke University’s forgotten Black labor and civil rights organizers
Civil Rights Movement
Gulf South communities say climate justice requires new economic systems
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They’ve got a roadmap for AOC and other politicians pushing the Green New Deal.
Environmental Justice
“If we can dismantle patriarchy and capitalism, we might be onto something”
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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.