Southern Exposure was an award-winning print journal published by the Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, from 1973 until 2011. Southern Exposure earned a national reputation for its writing on a broad range of political and cultural issues in the South, with a special emphasis on investigative journalism and oral history.

On the 50th anniversary of Southern Exposure’s birth, Facing South and the Institute will be publishing a full digital archive of the journal over the course of the year. The initial installment of the archives available in March 2023 includes issues from the magazine’s launch in 1973 through 1981.

June 2012
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Report cover with photos of BP oil spill cleanup, text reads "Troubled Waters: Two Years After the BP Oil Disaster, a Struggling Gulf Coast Calls for National Leadership for Recovery"

Troubled Waters

  • Gulf Recovery Index: Two Years After the BP Disaster

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  • Introduction

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  • Gulf Recovery Index: Economy and Way of Life

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  • Protecting a Way of Life

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  • Searching for alternatives in New Orleans East

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  • The growing Gulf Dead Zone

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  • Gulf Recovery Index: Losing Coastal Land

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  • Defending a National Treasure

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  • A matter of cultural survival

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  • A new watchdog for the Gulf's ongoing 'mini-disasters'

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  • Gulf Recovery Index: Environmental Health

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  • Fighting for Healthier Communities

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  • Keystone pipeline highlights threats to fenceline communities

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  • Dispersants: A solution as bad as the problem?

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  • A Community Blueprint for Gulf Renewal

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  • An uneasy settlement in BP lawsuit

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  • What should BP do?

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  • Gulf Recovery Index: The Power of Big Oil

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  • Sources

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