May 9, 2025 -
After moving control of North Carolina elections into the GOP-led N.C. State Auditor's office, Republicans have appointed a long-time conservative activist in Art Pope's network to chair the state election board who has pushed harsh voter restrictions and unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud.
April 24, 2025 -
A by-the-numbers look at the role of Southern for-profit prison companies in the Trump administration's deportation crusade.
February 24, 2025 -
The Trump administration has unleashed massive cuts to federal jobs and programs since taking office. With close to a third of federal employees based in Southern states, the region could be uniquely hard-hit.
February 10, 2025 -
As a historic union election gets underway this week at an Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, the president of Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity & Empowerment describes the importance of the vote for workers at the RDU1 facility and across the South.
November 26, 2024 -
In the 2024 elections, Southern states largely followed the nation's rightward shift. But a deeper dive reveals that the South was far from a monolithic conservative stronghold.
November 22, 2024 -
In the fifth story in our CAROLINADAZE series, Hadeel Hamoud traces the enduring presence of Muslim communities in the South and the region's movements for change.
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.
