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.
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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: 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
AUDIO: This SC pitmaster wants to get BBQ the respect it deserves, finally
For the written version of this story, click here. Since he opened City Limits BBQ in West Columbia, S.C., in 2016, Robbie Robinson has become one of just two barbecue pitmasters to make the semifinals twice for best chef in the James Beard Awards, which, for chefs, is like
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This South Carolina pitmaster wants to get barbecue the respect it deserves, finally
In West Columbia, South Carolina, about four miles from where the Saluda and Broad rivers become the Congaree, at the bottom of a cracked and uneven driveway, in a plain white building flying South Carolina's blue-and-white palmetto flag, lies one of the best restaurants in America.
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AUDIO: Alabama's Rodney Smith Jr. and his never-ending mission to spread kindness with free lawn work
Hear my conversation with Rodney Smith Jr., an Alabama man who's toured the U.S. 19 times mowing lawns for vulnerable people.
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This Alabama man has toured the U.S. 19 times mowing lawns for vulnerable people
Rodney Smith Jr., an immigrant from Bermuda, was searching for himself. He found it by helping an elderly Alabama man who was struggling to mow his lawn. This is Rodney's story.
AUDIO: What is 'The Living South'?
This is "The Living South," where journalist Billy Ball interviews game-changing Southerners. In this recording, I explain why I'm doing this.
What is 'The Living South'?
"Tell about the South. What's it like there. What do they do there. Why do they live there. Why do they live at all.” – “Absalom, Absalom” Welcome to The Living South. I am a native Southerner and a journalist. I started this page because I wanted to