A jury rendered justice in the Georgia case. What happens the next time?
American South
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
A proposed wood pellet plant in North Carolina would increase air pollutants in a majority-minority community already hammered by climate change.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The New Freedom Rides
Sixty years ago, activists boarded buses to ride through the South to demand voting rights for Blacks. Today, their successors have been compelled to do it again.
Posted inTAP
Why a Factory Job Ain’t What It Used to Be
Today on TAP: The American South and declining U.S. wage standards
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Return of Freedom Summer
Amid stalled voting rights legislation in Congress, mass mobilization may be needed to provoke action.
Posted inBooks
Minority Rule
Given the Republican ferocity in trying to destroy basic rights, the road back to democracy is not civic but political.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Some of the Worst Bridges in the Country Are in Kentucky
Yet Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell is dragging out negotiations on federal investments to fix bridges and other infrastructure.
Posted inBooks
Wrestling With the New Deal
The programs Roosevelt put together may not have met a Platonic ideal of modern progress, but they saved American democracy itself.
Posted inLaw and Justice
In Small Black Southern Towns, the Cops Remain Undaunted
Even those governed by Black elected officials have been reluctant to cut the force and increase social services.
Posted inPolitics
Which Direction Now, White Folks?
Anti-racism activist Tim Wise surveys America’s shredded racial canvas. A Prospect interview.