Justice
November 1, 2024 -
In the fourth story in our CAROLINADAZE series, Benjamin Barber explores the history of Freedom Summer and the growing importance of local organizing and youth engagement in cultivating democracy in North Carolina and the South.
November 1, 2024 -
With the 2024 elections awash in misinformation, here is Facing South's guide to reliable sources for finding out how to vote, and what happens after your ballot is cast.
October 30, 2024 -
Step Up Louisiana co-founder and co-director Maria Harmon joined the Southern Labor Studies Association's Working History podcast to talk about the organization's Fall for Liberation campaign.
October 18, 2024 -
Earlier this year, we asked you, our readers, to participate in a reader survey. Thank you to the many readers who responded; your thoughts were insightful and illuminating, and will be extremely valuable as we plan the future of Facing South in the coming months.
October 17, 2024 -
In the third story in our CAROLINADAZE series, Bryce Cracknell and Trey Walk revisit their experiences organizing for racial justice in college, and the power of a politics rooted in their shared sense of a Carolina home.
October 10, 2024 -
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Down Home North Carolina and allies are drawing on their networks to deliver "people-centered" relief — as well as working to ensure mountain people and communities can rebuild for the long haul.
September 12, 2024 -
Lekha Shupeck, who brings a long history of leadership in projects focused on democracy, investigative journalism, and social justice in the South, will serve as the Institute's first Director of Programs.