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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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Will Atlanta protect immigrants and refugees from the Trump administration?

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American values are under attack. Here's how North Carolinians can stand up and fight back.

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Stories from a town built in the face of racist violence

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A history of the present: What if the United States is Easter Island?

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What's changed in Lowndes County, Alabama—and what hasn't

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Finding places of their own

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Which Civil War will Richmond choose to remember?

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Princeville is worth fighting for

by Rachel Gorman October 28, 2016September 27, 2023
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Drowned animals, runaway waste on North Carolina farms in Matthew's wake

by Christina Cooke October 24, 2016September 27, 2023
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Video: Meet Brigido, an undocumented farmworker trying to support his family

by William Johnston-Carter September 20, 2016November 13, 2023
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An epilogue—for now

by Danielle Purifoy September 8, 2016September 27, 2023
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A love letter to West Virginia two months after the flood

by R. Garringer September 5, 2016September 27, 2023
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Community organizing mattered around Mebane—but the struggle isn't over

by Danielle Purifoy August 27, 2016September 27, 2023
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After the floods, here are the voices of survival and solidarity in Louisiana

by Claire Bangser August 25, 2016September 27, 2023
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Finding Black independence in Mebane

by Danielle Purifoy August 15, 2016September 27, 2023
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How to fight the power company

by Scott Davis August 11, 2016September 27, 2023
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A place called Mebane

by Danielle Purifoy August 8, 2016September 27, 2023
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The best damned chicken in the world*

by Ian Williams July 19, 2016September 27, 2023
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The suffering of Yefri Sorto-Hernandez

by Anna Simonton July 1, 2016September 27, 2023
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What the South can teach the U.K. about Brexit

by Jesse Williams June 28, 2016September 27, 2023
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On being half-Asian in the Mississippi Delta

by Michael Copperman June 8, 2016September 27, 2023
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Race and the great American adventure

by Amien Essif May 13, 2016September 27, 2023
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It's time to reconsider Carolina barbecue

by Tom Wolf May 5, 2016September 27, 2023
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Leonardo Galván, farmer-advocate

by Christina Cooke April 14, 2016September 27, 2023
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Why one of the nation's breadbaskets is also its unlikeliest food desert

by Rachel Gorman April 5, 2016September 27, 2023
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Sticky rice, refugees, and the Southern imagination

by Scalawag Editors February 4, 2016September 27, 2023
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To catch a carp

by Boyce Upholt January 19, 2016September 27, 2023
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Photo essay: New Orleans, August 2015

by Nik Nerburn December 19, 2015September 27, 2023
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The hidden politics of immigration

by Hana Brown and Jennifer Jones December 17, 2015September 27, 2023
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The moral fight within Christianity against climate change

by Danielle Purifoy December 10, 2015September 27, 2023

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