September 13, 2024 - This election cycle, disinformation is already being used to target marginalized communities. Advocates are now confronting misleading information by directly engaging voters and providing reliable information that can help this year's election remain free, fair, and secure.

November 16, 2023 - On a panel at the Southern Exposure 50th anniversary event this spring, Sue Thrasher, Leah Wise, and Bob Hall talked about launching the Institute for Southern Studies and Southern Exposure magazine in the 1970s. Listen to the panel on SLSA’s Working History podcast and read the transcript.

October 10, 2024 - In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Down Home North Carolina and allies are drawing on their networks to deliver "people-centered" relief — as well as working to ensure mountain people and communities can rebuild for the long haul.

September 10, 2024 - The editor of the CAROLINADAZE essay series introduces this new collaboration between Facing South/Institute for Southern Studies and Common Cause North Carolina to feature the stories and voices of young everyday North Carolinians and their visions for a better future.

September 10, 2024 - In the first installment of our CAROLINADAZE series, a partnership with Common Cause North Carolina, Barbara Sostaita explores how NC's Latinx communities and churches are creating spaces for people to organize and chart a new vision for the future.

March 4, 2024 - This month marks the 59th anniversary of Selma, Alabama's Bloody Sunday. Community organizer and democracy advocate Trey Walk reflects on the life and legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis and the importance of sustaining the fight to expand voting rights across the South.

March 15, 2023 - When it comes to protecting North Carolina schoolchildren from the widespread industrial PFAS pollution in the state's drinking water, the burden falls on parent-advocates, the state's cash-strapped school systems, and municipal water systems often unprepared to address the threat.