Something Moves
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Our editor Chuck Reece steps into our Thursday columns with some thoughts on keeping things together when the world feels like it’s falling apart.
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Laid Back Country Teacher
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Introducing David Prince — former Kentucky Council for the Social Studies Teacher of the Year — by day; Laid Back Country Picker by night.
Read MoreAdventures in Voting
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North Georgia writer Candice Dyer took an elderly couple to vote. This is the story of how one couple met resistance from poll workers in November.
Read MoreSam Bush, Revived Again
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A new Amazon documentary dives into the triumphs and trials of the mandolin player who changed the direction of an old Southern form: bluegrass.
Read MorePouring and Shooting
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Fifteen years ago, Sandlin Gaither took a job tending bar at the Grey Eagle Tavern, a music venue in Asheville, North Carolina. He still serves drinks — but he also has become a photographer of national renown for his portraits of the musicians who play the beloved nightclub.
Read MoreNashville’s History, in Music
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Historical fiction is a thing. Why not music? Country songwriters Elizabeth Elkins and Vanessa Olivarez, collectively known as Granville Automatic, have turned Nashville’s history of deception, debauchery, love, and war into an album.
Read MoreHow Southern Teachers Can Fight Anti-Semitism
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All Y’all Social Justice Collective’s Rebekah Cordova joins Adam Jordan and Todd S. Hawley to build a strategy for Southern teachers to address anti-Semitism social justice.
Read MoreClassic(ish) Holiday Tipples
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There’s no time quite like the holidays to indulge in drinks central to longtime — or new — traditions. Enjoy some classic(ish) drinks and some completely new spins on old favorites.
Read More“Mississippi Goddam”
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In the spring of 1967, U.S. Sens. Robert Kennedy of New York and Joseph Clark of Pennsylvania traveled to the Mississippi Delta to assess the effectiveness of the Johnson administration’s War on Poverty programs. The senators were stunned to witness the extremities of the state’s soul-crushing poverty, right in the middle of one of the wealthiest nations on earth.
Read MoreAt SFA’s Fall Symposium, the South Is a Process, Not a Product
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On this Thanksgiving day, we are grateful for 20 years of the Southern Foodways Alliance working to change America’s vision of our region. A first-timer at this fall’s symposium explains how the SFA’s work moves our region into a better future.
Read MoreBelieve the Teachers
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Our education columnists call for a movement to support raising pay for teachers across the South (and the rest of the nation, too, for that matter).
Read MoreHow Black Cultural Currency Is Changing the Political Landscape
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Although the outcome of the Georgia governor’s race remains unclear, Southern black people proved they now have the money and power to gain real political influence, thanks to the rise of our region’s distinctive hip-hop culture.
Read MoreThe Myth of a Southern Democracy
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As we head into next week’s elections amid accusations of voter suppression, historian Keri Leigh Merritt reminds us that the tactics have deep roots in Southern history.
Read MoreThe Political Lives of Mississippi Women, in Black and White
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Ellen Ann Fentress explains how black women and white women take very different approaches to politics in her home state.
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How the Ogden Museum Is Desegregating Southern Photography
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The New Orleans museum’s latest exhibition not only brings Southern imagery into the 21st century, but also starts breaking down photography’s domination by white men.
Read MoreA Timely New Foxfire Book Captures Appalachians Defining Their Future
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The new “Travels With Foxfire” finds southern Appalachia the same as it ever was — in some ways — and completely different in others.
Read MoreBrothers, the Blues, and the Decisive Moment
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A Decade with Gregg Allman and the writing of a Grammy nominated song”
Read MorehonorCode Out to Level Educational Playing Field
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Jeffrey Martín, with honorCode, is building a more inclusive foundation for young Southerners to become the leaders of tomorrow’s technologies.
Read MoreHeavens to Betsy: A Letter to the Secretary
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A letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos over her proposed redefinition of the Three Rs — Rifles, Reloads, and Recoil — by using federal funds to arm teachers.
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