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August 27, 2019 - The latest gerrymandering lawsuit in North Carolina claims that when legislators changed judicial elections districts in Charlotte last year, they packed black voters into a few districts and violated a constitutional mandate for a "unified" state court system.

October 31, 2017 - Political observers are keeping a close eye on Virginia's governor's race for signals about next year's midterms. But it's not the only critical seat up for grabs in November's off-year elections. Here are seven key races, state and local, to watch across the South.

August 22, 2014 - While anti-immigrant sentiment has flared up in the South in response to the flood of Central American children seeking refuge in the United States, some Southern leaders have set a different tone by welcoming children from the border to their communities.

November 1, 1995 - Thousands of rural Southerners have indoor water and plumbing thanks to an organization that grew out of the War on Poverty.

August 1, 1990 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 18 No. 2, "Birth Rights." Find more from that issue here.  …

March 1, 1986 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 14 No. 2, "Water Politics." Find more from that issue here.