Politics

September 13, 2024 - This election cycle, disinformation is already being used to target marginalized communities. Advocates are now confronting misleading information by directly engaging voters and providing reliable information that can help this year's election remain free, fair, and secure.

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 - Paul Ortiz joined the Southern Labor Studies Association's Working History podcast to discuss higher education organizing in Florida and the history of higher education labor in the South.

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 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.

September 10, 2024 - The editor of the CAROLINADAZE essay series introduces this new collaboration between Facing South/Institute for Southern Studies and Common Cause North Carolina to feature the stories and voices of young everyday North Carolinians and their visions for a better future.