Southern Exposure is an award-winning print journal and magazine published by the Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, from 1973 until 2011. Southern Exposure earned a national reputation and won several awards, including a National Magazine Award and two George Polk Awards, for its writing and investigative reporting on a broad range of political, economic, and cultural issues in the South.

Vol. 19 No. 4 - Winter 1991
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Magazine cover with photo of older Black woman, text reads "Government That Works"

Government That Works

  • Dateline: The South

    Compiled by Katherine Orr

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  • Southern News Roundup

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  • Keys to the City

    How black residents of Keysville, Georgia created an entire municipal government to rebuild their town. By Fredrick D. Robinson.

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  • Class Action

    A small-town school board in Arkansas has begun reversing the legacy of racial segregation. By Gordon Young.

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  • Waste Busters

    "Envirocops" are making life tough for Florida polluters. By Greg Williams.

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  • Sprawl No More

    A new law gives Florida citizens a voice in shaping their state. By Anne O'Neil Nelson.

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  • Banking on Land

    The city of Louisville sells abandoned property to build affordable housing—for only $1. By Robin Epstein.

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  • Chipping in for Kids

    An innovative program blends medical care and social work to help poor families in Virginia grow up healthy. By Mike Hudson

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  • "Gotta Be Bold"

    For Mississippi doctor Aaron Shirley, health care means everything from contraception to clean water. Interview by Delia Smith.

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  • Art for Hampton's Sake

    A Virginia tailback and an Englishman are reviving the cultural life of the nation's oldest English-speaking city. By Barry Yeoman.

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  • Making Government Work

    Nine models of efffective public programs in the South. By Betty Meeler.

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  • Fiction: Rose Looney

    By Connie May Fowler

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  • Southern Voices: Duke Out

    By Barry Jean Ancelet

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  • To Protect and Profit

    Florida police are cashing in on an anti-drug dealer law—but innocent citizens are paying the price. By Mike Billington, Berta Delgado, and Tom Lassiter.

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  • The Forgotten River

    Proctor & Gamble is killing the Fenholloway, the only "industrial river" in Florida. By Julie Hauserman.

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  • The Nuclear Forest

    The nuclear lab closed two decades ago, but Georgia hunters and hikers are still exposed to radiation. By Karen Kirkpatrick.

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  • "Somebody We Can Get"

    Ken Schell was knifed 27 times and left for dead—because he's gay. By Diane Suchetka.

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  • Out of the Madness

    Steeled by a tough childhood, a young man from the Dallas projects confronts his life. By Jerome Ladd.

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  • Still the South: Mobile Homes

    By Leila Finn and Mary Lee Kerr

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