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Winning labor rights in the South means changing state laws

by Carly Berlin January 13, 2020April 30, 2021
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A parachute-reporter's 10-step cheat sheet for covering the South

by Katherine Webb-Hehn January 6, 2020September 27, 2023
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Bound by Statute: In Mississippi, Jim Crow era laws result in a high rate of Black kids charged as adults

by Ko Bragg November 18, 2019September 16, 2020
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Progressive wins in Virginia are limited as long as "Dillon's Rule" is on the books

by Simon Davis-Cohen November 13, 2019September 16, 2020
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Life in the woods: North Carolina's growing homeless tent camps are an open secret

by Michael Cooper November 6, 2019November 14, 2023
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How grassroots power defeated a racist gerrymander in Asheville

by David Forbes November 4, 2019September 16, 2020
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'Starve the Beast': No New Cops

by Zaina Alsous November 4, 2019July 5, 2021
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The myth and reincarnation of John Wilkes Booth

by Kelly Catalfamo October 30, 2019September 27, 2023
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Reproductive justice wins in Tennessee aren't just about abortion

by Megan Jamerson October 28, 2019May 6, 2022
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Out of the fields: In a North Carolina county where few Latino parents have diplomas, their kids are aiming for college

by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019November 13, 2023
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Hope in the rural South: Black students combat segregation, poverty and dwindling school funding

by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019November 13, 2023
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Hope in coal country: Parents without diplomas keep their kids in school

by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019November 13, 2023
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Appalachia is transitioning from coal. Here's what the region could learn from Germany.

by Katherine Webb-Hehn October 16, 2019September 27, 2023
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New Orleans almost won a victory for affordable housing––here's what's next

by Emily Carmichael October 14, 2019September 16, 2020
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Fighting voter suppression in the South will make or break the 2020 elections

by Anna Simonton October 9, 2019September 16, 2020
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High stakes for the climate in Louisiana elections

by Carly Berlin October 7, 2019September 16, 2020
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'You will die of old age. I will die of climate change.'

by Austyn Gaffney September 30, 2019September 16, 2020
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Pregnant Women Struggling with Addiction Say Doctors Turned Them Away. This Appalachian Clinic Is Changing That.

by Jess Mador September 23, 2019September 16, 2020
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Medical neglect, illegal detention, and retaliation in ICE's Deep South stronghold

by Carly Berlin September 23, 2019September 27, 2023
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Tennessee's latest attack on gay marriage takes aim at online ordinations

by Amber Stewart September 16, 2019September 16, 2020
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20,000 AT&T workers in the South went on strike—and won

by Carly Berlin September 9, 2019September 16, 2020
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Residents of an Alabama superfund site say it's not their responsibility to be watchdogs

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 2, 2019September 16, 2020
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Acts of remembrance

by Danielle Purifoy September 2, 2019September 16, 2020
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How Gulf South communities are creating their own Green New Deal

by Emily Carmichael August 26, 2019September 27, 2023
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The Amazon is on fire – here are 5 things you need to know

by Danilo Ignacio de Urzedo August 26, 2019September 27, 2023
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The cruel tactic ICE is using to ramp up deportations

by Sammy Hanf August 19, 2019September 27, 2023
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Social Struggle Is a Way of Life: An Interview with Albert Woodfox

by Zaina Alsous August 19, 2019November 16, 2022
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Video: In their own words, why Kentucky miners are blocking a coal train

by Shaylan Clark & Oakley Fugate August 12, 2019September 16, 2020
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In Asheville, delay is denial

by David Forbes August 5, 2019September 16, 2020
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The Story of John H. Merrick and the Largest Black Life Insurance Company in the U.S.

by Imari Scarbrough July 22, 2019September 16, 2020

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