Our Man in Biloxi
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The past might not even be past, as Old Bill said, but it clashes head-on into the future at the annual Southern Legislative Conference.
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Gregg Allman’s Last Ride
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The great Southern musician’s final album comes out today. Chuck Reece interviews Allman’s producer, Don Was, along with Gregg’s manager, guitarist, and best friend about why “Southern Blood” might be the purest expression ever of Allman’s musical soul.
Read MoreDiscussing Dixie: A Teachable Moment
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Our Southern Schooling columnists — Adam Jordan and Todd Hawley — have some challenges for public-school teachers in our region, who, in the wake of Charlottesville, are wrestling with how to teach about institutional racism and hate groups. They also offer some tools to help teachers get it done.
Read MoreWoe is Houston? Aw, Hell, No.
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One of our friends, writer/painter/photographer/historian Amy C. Evans, lives in Houston. She writes today to give us a “tiny taste of how people on the ground are making do.”
Read MoreThree Peauxdunquians Drive to Selma
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After the Confederate monuments in New Orleans came down, our Southern Food columnist, L. Kasimu Harris, took a road trip with two writing buddies to see if folks in Selma, Alabama, felt differently about the monuments. The rural South, Harris learned, is not always a feast for a food writer.
Read MoreA Homegrown, Hospitable Bar Scene in Birmingham
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Despite the city’s smaller size, Birmingham, Alabama, barkeeps have built a fine cocktail community that’s homegrown to the core.
Read MoreSouthern Startups Have New Tricks to Solve the Food-Waste Problem
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The South is built on agriculture. These startups are making sure the fruits of farmers’ labor doesn’t go to the landfill.
Read MoreThe Best Anti-Racism Teacher? Hip-Hop.
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Dr. Joycelyn Wilson wonders what might have happened if James Alex Fields Jr. had been drunk on the raps of Run the Jewels instead of the chants of neo-Nazis?
Read MoreThe Perpetual Unpleasantness
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Three members of The Bitter Southerner team look back at the attacks and the murder committed by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Read MoreAlone Together: The Persistent Problem of Beer Cocktails
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These days, folks are rethinking the whole shot-and-a-beer thing, coming up with more interesting ways to combine beer and spirits. Bob Townsend examines the still evolving world of beer cocktails with Atlanta barman Greg Best.
Read MoreKatherine Dieckmann's Strange Southern Weather
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New York film director Katherine Dieckmann doesn't take kindly to the disparagement of Southerners. Her new film is a gift to Southerners hungry for an honest movie about real folks.
Read MoreThat One Time at Band Camp, When the Flood Came...
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A year after a monumental flood in Louisiana, one of the South’s finest soul bands, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, is teaming up with The Bitter Southerner to put instruments back into the hands of Louisiana school bands.
Read MoreAre Teachers Professionals?
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When our cars break down, we call mechanics. So, why do we call on politicians who have never stood before a classroom when we talk about our public schools?
Read MoreFifteen Years of Drinking Tales
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For 15 years, bartenders from around the world have converged on New Orleans every July for the world’s largest gathering of bartenders. Some of them wind up face down on the floor in their underwear.
Read MoreHow to Make and Eat a Tomato Sandwich
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Our editor explains how to do a tomato sandwich the right way — you know, as your grandmama intended.
Read MoreIt’s Deeper Than “Florida Man…”
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Sarah Gerard spent her childhood in the Tampa Bay area, and her highly acclaimed new book of essays, “Sunshine State,” challenges us to look deeper than the standard “Florida Man” jokes.
Read MoreMeet the Coffee Entrepreneurs
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You can’t grow the coffee bean in the South. But with their roasting skills, flavorful pours, free Wi-Fi, and plentiful seating, these entrepreneurs grew communities.
Read MoreThe Basement Tastes
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What started as a home brewery in a mother-in-law’s basement has quickly turned into a full-scale brewery and market success for Atlanta’s Scofflaw Brewing, which quickly gained fame with its flagship beer, the appropriately named Basement IPA.
Read MoreWhat Has Happened Down Here Is the Winds Have Changed
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam seems to have threaded the political needle with new programs, using lottery funds to extend opportunities for kids to go to community colleges.
Read MoreAre These the Schools Southerners Want?
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Public schools in the South — and all over the nation — are rapidly resegregating. The trend is documented, but what can parents who want their children to learn in diverse environments do to slow down, or even reverse, it?
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