Facing South Magazine
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Facing South is the online magazine and weekly email update of the Institute for Southern Studies, featuring investigative reporting and in-depth analysis of trends across the South. Facing South has earned a national reputation for exposing abuses of power, holding powerful interests accountable, and elevating the voices of everyday people working for change in the South.
Honoring John Lewis' expansive vision of American democracy on the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday
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/ March 4, 2024 This month marks the 59th anniversary of Selma, Alabama's Bloody Sunday. Community organizer and democracy advocate Trey Walk reflects on the life and legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis and the importance of sustaining the fight to expand voting rights across the South ..read more
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/ April 1, 2024 The former Southern Exposure editor and Institute for Southern Studies staffer reflects on his work on the Southern Exposure digital archives project over the last two years and his career at the Institute ..read more
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/ November 21, 2023 This year's off-year elections saw mixed results for Democrats in the South, with progressives scoring victories in Kentucky and Virginia — and staying competitive in Mississippi — while the bulk of races still went to Republicans. What do the results tell us about 2024 and beyond ..read more
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/ November 17, 2023 In the 2023 elections, voters across the South faced difficulties including long lines, ballot shortages, and registration issues. Suppressive voting legislation and other structural barriers could exacerbate these issues as the 2024 election cycle swings into motion ..read more
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/ September 27, 2023 Republican lawmakers nationwide have introduced 400 anti-voting bills this year, while in Congress, GOP leaders have introduced an omnibus elections bill that would nationalize voter suppression. In response, Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced key federal voting rights legislation to expand voter protections and counter the attacks on the freedom to vote ..read more
Facing South Magazine
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/ September 27, 2023 Facing South is republishing a piece from the 1985 Southern Exposure issue, “We Are Here Forever: Indians of the South,” with an introduction by author Forest Hazel, a historian for the Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation in North Carolina ..read more
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/ November 16, 2023 On a panel at the Southern Exposure 50th anniversary event this spring, Sue Thrasher, Leah Wise, and Bob Hall talked about launching the Institute for Southern Studies and Southern Exposure magazine in the 1970s. Listen to the panel on SLSA’s Working History podcast and read the transcript ..read more
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/ September 26, 2023 Two days before the start of school, the Arkansas Department of Education said that AP African American Studies would not count for graduation credit, citing a recent law banning ‘indoctrination.’ Arkansas educators — including some at schools that are still offering the course — share their perspectives ..read more
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/ September 18, 2023 In late August, Georgia’s attorney general issued indictments under the state’s RICO statute targeting protesters against a planned new police and fire training center. An attorney with the Southern Center for Human Rights breaks down the charges and their implications for movements for racial justice and police accountability ..read more
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/ August 31, 2023 The co-founders of Rainbow Refuge in Carbondale want others to know it's not that difficult to protect trans people in their prolonged moment of political vulnerability, and the rewards are many ..read more