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Sammy Feldblum

Sammy Feldblum studies geography at UCLA and reports across the southern half of the United States.

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The 'Slave Trail of Tears': recreation or reckoning?

by Sammy Feldblum May 11, 2020October 1, 2020

Nearly 200 years after the 'Slave Trail of Tears,' the Natchez Trace is haunted by the Confederacy and by spirits yet more ancient, even as it transforms into a site for recreation.

Posted inARTS & SOUL

Feeding the Soul at the Feed & Seed

by Sammy Feldblum December 10, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

In Montgomery, a harrowing, beautiful reckoning with racial terror

by Sammy Feldblum May 8, 2018October 1, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

The price of cheap: Bryant Simon's "The Hamlet Fire"

by Sammy Feldblum April 17, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Fossil fuels won't last forever: How will Houston cope?

by Sammy Feldblum January 25, 2018September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

City in a Swamp: As Houston booms, its flood problems are only getting worse

by Sammy Feldblum January 3, 2018September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Many tactics, but no cheap solutions to mental health crisis in Columbus County

by Sammy Feldblum December 21, 2017October 27, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Schools witness fallout from behavioral health crisis

by Sammy Feldblum December 14, 2017October 27, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Ensuring Crisis: Health System Pushes Mentally Ill towards Emergency Treatment

by Sammy Feldblum December 11, 2017October 27, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Law enforcement scrambles to offset mental health shortfalls

by Sammy Feldblum December 7, 2017October 27, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

To battle opioids, county turns to better policy and hope

by Sammy Feldblum December 4, 2017October 27, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Mental health care failing, the economy and opioids deal a crushing blow to many

by Sammy Feldblum November 30, 2017September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

North Carolina's strange election

by Sammy Feldblum May 11, 2017September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Review: In Blue Texas, all that is old is new again

by Sammy Feldblum May 2, 2017October 27, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Temper-tantrum politics and North Carolina's irregular governor's race

by Sammy Feldblum December 5, 2016September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

When bad-faith politics come to Durham

by Sammy Feldblum November 22, 2016September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Scalawag's coverage of Election Day 2016

by Sammy Feldblum, Chad Nance, Michael Schulson, Evan Walker-Wells and Jesse Williams November 8, 2016September 16, 2020
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Who wins when festival season comes to Durham?

by Sammy Feldblum September 30, 2016September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

The most influential college you've never heard of, why it folded, and why it matters

by Sammy Feldblum August 24, 2016November 13, 2023

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