Culture

November 7, 2005 - The editorial board of The Birmingham News, Alabama's largest newspaper, announced today in a long editorial that it's changing course and is now opposed to death sentences:

November 7, 2005 - My good friend Si Kahn and partner Elizabeth Minnich are scheduled to appear on the radio program Democracy Now this morning, to talk about their excellent new book "The Fox in the Henhouse: How Privatization Threatens Democracy."

November 5, 2005 - For those of you kind souls who have been trying to make an online contribution or order materials from our website, we've figured out the glitch that was causing it to "time out." We're getting it fixed now -- we'll let you know when you can hit that "donate" button again!

October 31, 2005 - The Southern Foodways Alliance, run by the fine John T. Edge, knew this question was on your mind. So they held a juried competition to find out.

October 27, 2005 - I try not to blog too much about our blog -- I mean, who wants to read about that? -- but we've had a surge of newcomers over the last few days so I wanted to again say hello, welcome and thanks for visiting.

October 25, 2005 - Posted by R. Neal By way of journalism teacher/blogger Bob Stepno, here's the incredible story of how a small band of New Orleans Times-Picayune reporters kept the news coming in the face of incredible adversity:

October 22, 2005 - Yesterday was a huge traffic day here at Facing South, thanks to widespread interest in our post about the identical editorial that appeared, unsigned and looking like a local "house" editorial, in some 8-10 newspapers connected with the right/libertarian