Appalachia is transitioning from coal. Here’s what the region could learn from Germany.
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Lessons from environmental and economic restoration efforts in the Ruhr Valley could help usher Appalachia into a new era.
New Orleans almost won a victory for affordable housing––here’s what’s next
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Back to the drawing board.
Louisiana
Fighting voter suppression in the South will make or break the 2020 elections
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A new film looks back at how rampant voter suppression cost Stacey Abrams the Georgia governor’s race. And it spells out how to fight for voting rights in 2020.
Georgia
High stakes for the climate in Louisiana elections
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Louisiana politics will play a big role in the future of climate change. But only a few bold candidates in down-ballot races are talking about the crisis.
Louisiana
For 30 years, Georgia and Florida have been fighting over water
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Georgia farmers are pitted against Florida fishers in a water war that’s worsening with climate change.
Powerlines
‘Can You Imagine People Ignoring All This If We Were White?’
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In the historic cradle of the civil rights movement, Black residents of North Birmingham, Alabama, now bear the burden in the fight against pollution.
Alabama
Pregnant Women Struggling with Addiction Say Doctors Turned Them Away. This Appalachian Clinic Is Changing That.
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As the number of opioid-exposed babies born in the U.S. has peaked, the crisis is reshaping life in some Appalachian communities, where calls for new approaches to care for these babies and their mothers are growing louder.
Appalachia
Medical neglect, illegal detention, and retaliation in ICE’s Deep South stronghold
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Asylum-seekers face heightened horrors in Louisiana and Mississippi. But detainees, organizers, and lawyers are fighting back.
Immigration
Tennessee’s latest attack on gay marriage takes aim at online ordinations
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Tennessee lawmakers are trying to make the state a place where “mainstream conservative Christianity dominates the public sphere.” An upcoming trial will determine if they succeed.
Southern Politics
Residents of an Alabama superfund site say it’s not their responsibility to be watchdogs
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After years of trauma, residents don’t expect regulation to amount to environmental justice.