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Here you will find coverage of education, parenting, and the expansive journey of human development as it relates to Southern experience. We believe there is an urgent need for transparency in the public discourse surrounding these topics and their exploration here upholds the potency of intimate and imaginative care work, cultural literacies as worldmaking disciplines, and co-constructed definitions of safety that are grounded in the evidence of our lived experiences.

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Photo essay: This school teaches reading, writing, and pride

by Robin Rayne Nelson September 12, 2016November 13, 2023
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Looking for truth and family at a Southern university

by Edith Dunlap September 3, 2016November 13, 2023
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Clemson University has a John C. Calhoun problem

by Jonathan Beecher Field August 30, 2016November 13, 2023
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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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Gerrymandering is teaching high schoolers not to trust their government

by Tyler Holbrook June 24, 2016November 13, 2023
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The strange story of Sewanee, the KKK, and a Franklin County Gay/Straight Alliance

by Sarah Jones May 19, 2016November 13, 2023
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45 years after the Supreme Court forced its schools to integrate, Charlotte continues to debate race, poverty, and education

by Adam Rhew April 20, 2016November 13, 2023
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Before I let go: on Houston, mental illness, and family

by Brian Foster March 22, 2016November 13, 2023
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Jesus, Aunt Mary, and me

by Tom Gogola March 8, 2016November 13, 2023
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What's San Antonio trying to prove?

by Sol Weiner January 12, 2016November 13, 2023
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Raising foot soldiers for an imaginary holy war

by David R. Brockman November 17, 2015November 13, 2023
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Review: "Prom is the least of our worries"

by Kelly Baker November 3, 2015November 13, 2023
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The Louisianan challenging juvenile life sentences at the Supreme Court

by Katy Reckdahl October 12, 2015November 13, 2023
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Marshland: Mythmaking in the Georgia Tidewater

by Sarah Bufkin September 16, 2015November 13, 2023
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By the Numbers: How slavery still shapes racial inequality

by Robert L. Reece August 13, 2015November 13, 2023
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By the Numbers: State of the child

by Sarah Bufkin July 22, 2015November 13, 2023

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