Vol. 19 No. 3 - Fall 1991

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Fishy Business

• Dateline: The South

  Compiled by Heidi Fisher

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• Southern News Roundup

  Compiled by Laurie Udesky

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• Through the Mill

  The looming insurance crisis threatens the pensions of North Carolina textile workers and four million other retirees. By Joe Drape.

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• Fishy Business

  Cover Section Introduction

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• Down on the Farm

  White farmers in Mississippi have replaced cotton with catfish, but their roots remain firmly planted in slavery. By Richard Schweid.

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• The Kill Line

  The catfish industry is crippling workers for life—and then firing many who are injured on the job. By Eric Bates.

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• "Something as One"

  Sarah White talks about how she and her fellow workers at Delta Pride fought for better wages and working conditions. Interview by Eric Bates.

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• Parting the Waters

  Catfish workers and community activists are organizing what could well become "the second civil rights movement." By Eric Bates.

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• Fiction: Venom

  By Clyde Edgerton

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• Southern Voices: Malicious Medicine

  By Denise Giardina

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• "It Was a Thing to be There"

  Danny Barker, the elder statesman of New Orleans jazz, looks back on six decades of music—from Louis Armstrong to Wynton Marsalis. By Jason Berry.

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• The Green Index

  Our state-by-state environmental ranking collects pollution to the health of workers and communities. By Bob Hall and Mary Lee Kerr.

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• Toxic Race

  Plans to burn hazardous waste in one rural countyr have split the black community over jobs versus public health. By Mary Lee Kerr.

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• Still the South: Stock Car Racing

  By Heidi Fisher

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