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Salt, Soil, & Supper

We will gradually nurture and prune this space with seasonal offerings of narratives from the Gulf South that center holistic conversations about environmental justice and climate change, alongside critical explorations of Southern geographies, migration, agriculture, foodways, and food justice. Prepare yourselves for a hearty helping of Salt: Preservation, Soil: Growth and Recovery, & Supper: Nourishment.

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Why the rural South is still being treated as America's toilet bowl

by Lyndsey Gilpin May 21, 2018September 27, 2023
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How public schools help keep low-income students fed—even on snow days

by Mason Adams March 27, 2018September 27, 2023
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Telling tales: How the media fails Appalachia

by R. Garringer March 22, 2018September 27, 2023
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More than latitude: Ties that bind the Global South

by Alysia Nicole Harris March 13, 2018September 27, 2023
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In the U.S., dreaming of Honduras

by Natalie Yahr February 27, 2018September 27, 2023
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Amazon could speed up displacement in Atlanta

by Gabrielle Hernandez February 22, 2018September 27, 2023
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Fossil fuels won't last forever: How will Houston cope?

by Sammy Feldblum January 25, 2018September 27, 2023
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City in a Swamp: As Houston booms, its flood problems are only getting worse

by Sammy Feldblum January 3, 2018September 27, 2023
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By the numbers: The disparate impacts of hurricane season

by Alexa Wood December 19, 2017September 27, 2023
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Mental health care failing, the economy and opioids deal a crushing blow to many

by Sammy Feldblum November 30, 2017September 27, 2023
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'The idea that we are an inferior race allows the U.S. government to do whatever they want.' Jorge Diaz organizes for a decolonized Puerto Rico.

by Lewis Raven Wallace November 28, 2017September 27, 2023
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The hands that haunt our kitchen

by Sumi Dutta November 21, 2017November 13, 2023
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A prison by any other name

by J. Malcolm Garcia November 13, 2017September 27, 2023
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A change in hurricane season

by Lizzy Hazeltine November 9, 2017September 27, 2023
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Imagining another world in post-Irma Florida

by Lewis Raven Wallace October 19, 2017September 27, 2023
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"belonging: a haibun"

by Shuyu Cao October 11, 2017November 13, 2023
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Myself, and other storm stories

by Alice Lesperance October 3, 2017September 27, 2023
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By the Numbers: Enforcing immigration in the Tar Heel state

by Felicia Arriaga September 12, 2017September 27, 2023
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Enough with the tacos: Let's talk about the systematic obliteration of Latinx foodways

by Sandra A. Gutierrez August 15, 2017September 27, 2023
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The massacre men

by David Forbes July 27, 2017September 27, 2023
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The South's immigration detention centers are already hellish, soon they could get even worse

by Camille Pendley July 5, 2017September 27, 2023
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Becoming a safe haven: Baltimore and the arrival of immigrant youth

by Elizabeth Doerr June 25, 2017November 13, 2023
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Fishin' & pickin' with Larry Keel

by Eric J. Wallace June 18, 2017September 27, 2023
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Southern boxes

by Malorie Marshall Reid June 11, 2017September 27, 2023
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Growing up gay in Alabama and finding myself in S-Town

by Alice Lesperance May 28, 2017September 27, 2023
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Black futures and Black places

by Danielle Purifoy May 28, 2017September 27, 2023
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What will indigenous sovereignty look like in the Trump era?

by Gregory D. Smithers March 21, 2017September 27, 2023
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How do you beat plantation power?

by Danielle Purifoy March 15, 2017September 27, 2023
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Who gets to legislate heritage in Virginia?

by Brooke Newman March 2, 2017September 27, 2023
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In Lowndes County, getting free means getting infrastructure

by Danielle Purifoy February 13, 2017September 27, 2023

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