Demographics
September 27, 2024 -
In the second story in our CAROLINADAZE series, Sonia Rao explores her search for community in North Carolina and the growing importance of Asians and Asian-Americans in shaping the state's political landscape.
July 26, 2024 -
Still facing obstacles from previous elections, voters in some Southern states will encounter new restrictions this year as they head to the polls in another consequential election.
May 29, 2024 -
Ari Berman, a national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones, has covered voting rights and democracy issues for over a decade. He talked with Facing South about his new book "Minority Rule," the ongoing attacks on voting, and his hopes for the future of American democracy ahead of the 2024 elections.
September 27, 2023 -
The South is the fastest-growing region in the country. Several states have seen significant increases in their populations of voting-age residents who speak a language other than English at home. But of the 30 states with jurisdictions that are legally obligated to provide language access and multilingual voting materials under Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act, only a handful are in the South.
May 26, 2023 -
Khanna Koneru is the co-founder and executive director of North Carolina Asian Americans Together, a nonprofit that promotes civic engagement among Asian American communities in the state. For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’re publishing an oral history interview in which she discussed growing up in the South, navigating racial identity as a second-generation Indian American, and what led her to establish NCAAT.
February 24, 2023 -
The Census Bureau has released its first round of corrections for the 2020 population count, and communities in Southern states will benefit thanks to prisoners being added to their populations. Reform advocates say this "prison gerrymandering" distorts democracy and paints a misleading picture of community populations for planning purposes. A growing number of states, including several in the South, are taking action to end it.
February 10, 2023 -
Asian Americans are the fastest growing racial group in the United States, and a recent report from University of North Carolina researchers shows their population is diverse and growing rapidly in the Southeast — and in North Carolina in particular.
