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North Carolina could finally expand medicaid

by Amanda Abrams July 22, 2019September 16, 2020
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No justice in gentrification

by Claire Bolton July 8, 2019September 27, 2023
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Standing in the government cheese line with my grandmother as a six-year-old

by Salaam Green June 24, 2019September 16, 2020
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Dangerous conditions may exist in this area

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 24, 2019September 16, 2020
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Organizers shut down a jail for 7 hours to demand an end to the cash bail system

by Sammy Hanf June 17, 2019September 16, 2020
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How environmental justice is shaping a new civil rights movement in the South

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 10, 2019September 27, 2023
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Banking on immigrants

by Felicia Arriaga May 27, 2019September 27, 2023
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Tennessee GOP used shady tactics to railroad a voter suppression bill into law

by Erin McAnally May 20, 2019September 16, 2020
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#NotKeisha: Spelman students protest Atlanta mayor as commencement speaker

by Ko Bragg May 6, 2019November 13, 2023
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Why media outlets cover racial reconciliation but not racism

by Lewis Raven Wallace April 29, 2019September 16, 2020
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Conservatives want to rewrite the Constitution, and they're dangerously close to doing it

by Adam Lynch April 22, 2019November 12, 2020
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Queer love and struggle in Jackson, Mississippi

by Zachary Oren Smith April 15, 2019November 14, 2023
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"If we win here, we can win anywhere"

by Anna Simonton April 8, 2019September 16, 2020
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Can Young Black Farmers Save Atlanta?

by Neesha Powell-Ingabire April 8, 2019September 27, 2023
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How communities are fighting to save New Orleans from an Airbnb takeover

by Carly Berlin April 1, 2019November 14, 2023
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From rap battles to city hall—Mariah Parker sets the stage for young political leaders

by Austyn Gaffney April 1, 2019December 3, 2020
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When a liberal city government doesn't fight a racist gerrymander

by David Forbes March 25, 2019September 16, 2020
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In this small Georgia city, an unpaid court fine can get your utilities cut off

by Lewis Raven Wallace March 18, 2019September 16, 2020
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The South is Everywhere

by Danielle Purifoy March 18, 2019November 14, 2023
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A brief history of North Carolina's 9th District contested election – in 1898

by Gideon Cohn-Postar March 4, 2019September 16, 2020
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Resisting History?

by Tiffany Stevens March 4, 2019September 16, 2020
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Fighting climate gentrification with a radical community garden

by Maria Esquinca February 25, 2019September 27, 2022
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Mississippians are on the frontlines of the battle for abortion rights

by Ko Bragg February 18, 2019September 16, 2020
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Could a Universal Basic Income Solve Appalachia's Post-coal Poverty?

by Lovey Cooper and Liz Price February 11, 2019October 9, 2020
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Lingering long after a storm, mold and mental health issues

by Lewis Raven Wallace January 28, 2019September 27, 2023
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Poor southerners are joining the globe's climate migrants

by Lewis Raven Wallace January 21, 2019September 27, 2023
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Shrieking Sam

by Danielle Purifoy January 14, 2019November 14, 2023
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Whether Fences or Not

by Jacob Davis December 31, 2018November 14, 2023
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Appalachian Whiteness: A History that Never Existed

by Timothy Pratt December 24, 2018September 16, 2020
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Forever family: Lesbian foster parents on a journey to adopt in the Bible Belt

by Katherine Webb-Hehn December 17, 2018September 16, 2020

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