The case of a black Army veteran that spurred a South Carolina federal judge to defy his state’s white supremacist power structure
American South
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
A New South Rising: This Time for Real
The midterms made clear that progressive candidates can retake the region with young and minority voters.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
How About Erecting Monuments to the Heroes of Reconstruction?
Americans should build this pivotal post–Civil War era into the new politics of historical memory.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump and the Racial Politics of the South
The legacy of slavery and segregation creeps northward.
Posted inWorking in America
How the American South Drives the Low-Wage Economy
Just as in the 1850s (with the Dred Scott decision and the Fugitive Slave Act), the Southern labor system (with low pay and no unions) is wending its way north.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How the GOP’s Medicaid Politics Are Hurting Rural Southerners: An Index of Harm
Republican governors, empowered by the Supreme Court, have refused federal funds for the expansion of the program that provides health care to low-income people and the poor. Here’s the human cost.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Sinkhole In My Heart: A Love Song to the American South
If I meant to rub their noses in it as well as open their eyes, no wonder: I was fed up with New York City chauvinism.