The federal government shutdown hurts the South a lot more
When it comes to health care, which is what the federal government shutdown is about, some states will bleed. The South will gush.
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Nathan Kousol is a budding K-pop star from, of all places, Arkansas
A kid from Arkansas and two North Korean defectors make up a new K-pop group with a remarkable origin story.
Iryna Zarutska and the doom loop of social media and politics
In 21st century America, our politicians take their cues from social media, and not the other way around. It's made debate more performative, less nuanced, and much, much dumber.
The case for breaking social media in America
Social media is breaking us in America. You could argue it already has. But there is a solution.
Q&A: The Living South's full conversation with climate educator Caroline Lewis
The Living South's conversation with climate educator Caroline Lewis, founder of the nationally-recognized CLEO Institute.
We can't give up hope on climate change, one of the South's top climate educators says
Caroline Lewis, "the Jane Goodall of climate change," says there's room for hope, but there's a hard road ahead.
Gutting PBS and NPR is a big deal in the South
Instead of defusing the "liberal media," this is going to prevent good information from reaching the places that many Republicans represent in Congress.
The Living South has a logo now
Why I chose a lighthouse to represent The Living South.
Video: What today's protesters learned from the Civil Rights Movement
There are hundreds of demonstrations planned across the South this weekend during the “No Kings” protests. Here's what today's marchers learned from the Civil Rights Movement.
Audio: NC pastor Isaac Villegas on giving sanctuary to undocumented people
Listen to The Living South's reporting on Isaac Villegas, a NC pastor who sheltered an undocumented woman for two years in his church.
This NC pastor says Jesus would have protected undocumented people
Isaac Villegas, a NC pastor, has a new book that makes a faith-based argument for immigrant justice. For two years, his Chapel Hill church sheltered a woman Trump wanted to deport.
Rhiannon Giddens, "Sinners," Beyoncé, and a sparkling moment for Black roots music
Taken together, "Cowboy Carter," "Sinners," and Rhiannon Giddens' new festival feel like a kind of trilogy. They represent a well-earned moment — for the Black South, film, and music.
Faith
Video: Pope Francis' death is a big deal in the South
News of a religious leader's death in Europe isn't exactly what you think of as "Southern," but it's a big deal here.
Black history
Video: Erasing civil rights hero Pauli Murray
Officials in President Trump's administration are, in a way, trying to erase civil rights hero Pauli Murray's story.
Audio
Audio: CNN's Bakari Sellers on optimism, his dad's civil rights heroism, and journalism's comeback
South Carolina native Bakari Sellers has become one of the most cogent anti-Trump voices in America. Here's how his roots in the Civil Rights Movement prepared him for this resistance.
South Carolina
For some, Bakari Sellers is the voice of the resistance to MAGA. But his fight goes back much farther than Trump.
South Carolina native Bakari Sellers has become one of the most cogent anti-Trump voices in America. Here's how his roots in the Civil Rights Movement prepared him for this resistance.
History
Introducing 'Today in Southern History'
Today, how the first Southern president since secession brought America into the Great War, and remade the federal government in the South's image.
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AUDIO: America needs firefighters. This public school teacher has a plan to make more of them.
A public school teacher in Tennessee has created a one-of-a-kind program giving high schoolers hands-on training in prescribed preventing and fighting wildfires.
Tennessee
This high school teacher's training wildfire fighters. There's nothing else like his class in America.
America is in desperate need of firefighters right now. So a public school teacher in Tennessee has created a one-of-a-kind program giving high schoolers hands-on training.
North Carolina
AUDIO: NC's Anderson Clayton is America's youngest political party leader. She might be its fieriest too.
I talked to Anderson Clayton, a 27-year-old wunderkind from Roxboro, North Carolina, about staying positive in hard times, internet trolls, and her heroes.
North Carolina
Liberals think Democrats aren't pushing back hard enough. Is NC's Anderson Clayton the answer?
There is a line of thought that Democrats don't have guts. North Carolina's fiery liberal leader wants to change all that.
Share "The Living South" with your friends
The Living South is growing the old-fashioned way, with people telling people they like it.
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AUDIO: Filmmaker Chris Haley, nephew of legendary journalist Alex Haley, on preserving Black history
Chris Haley, nephew of the famous journalist Alex Haley, talked to The Living South about continuing his uncle's work preserving Black history.
Tennessee
Alex Haley changed Black America with "Roots." Now his nephew digs deeper.
The Pulitzer-winning author and journalist Alex Haley was "woke" before there was such a thing. Today, his nephew, Chris, continues his work preserving the Black family tree.