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July 26, 2005 -
In 2004 the Southern Baptist Convention withdrew from the World Baptist Alliance (which it helped to found in 1905), accusing the loose global federation of anti-American bias and (even worse) liberalism.
May 26, 2005 -
Continuing with the theme of atavistic racist behavior: this goes back a few years, but Rex Chapman, one-time "Boy King of Kentucky," has recently been giving interviews about some
April 12, 2005 -
Our friend Pam Spaulding has a rundown on "The State of Bigoted Marriage Amendments" newly added to state constitutions. The South is, to no one's surprise, solid on the issue. Five Southern states passed constitutional amendments banning gay marriage just last year: Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi (plus, for good measure, border state Oklahoma). North Carolina has such an amendment under consideration.
March 1, 2003 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 31 No. 1, "Hidden Casualties." Find more from that issue here.
December 1, 1999 -
This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 27 No. 4, "Standing Out." Find more from that issue here.
October 1, 1999 -
Despite regulations, black lung still claims the lives of thousands of miners each year. Here’s why
March 1, 1998 -
Are Mountain Melungeons a Genealogical Discovery or a Virtual Community?