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.

November 2, 2024 - Documents and recordings obtained by Facing South show that key North Carolina local election officials and GOP leaders are active in the N.C. Election Integrity Team, a right-wing group that peddles voting conspiracies and denial of the 2020 presidential election results — raising concerns about their role in the battleground state this year.

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 - 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.