Southern Exposure is an award-winning print journal and magazine published by the Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, from 1973 until 2011. Southern Exposure earned a national reputation and won several awards, including a National Magazine Award and two George Polk Awards, for its writing and investigative reporting on a broad range of political, economic, and cultural issues in the South.

Vol. 20 No. 2 - Summer 1992
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Magazine cover with photo of campaign buttons and dollar bills, reading "Money & Politics"

Money & Politics

  • Dateline: The South

    Compiled by Nora Krug

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  • Southern News Roundup

    Compiled by Eric Bates

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  • Where Credit Is Due

    The S&L bailout is shifting small-town money to big-city banks, making it harder to get a loan in the rural South. By Marty Leary and Leticia Saucedo.

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  • Who Owns the Government?

    Fed up with politics? That's exactly how big money wants you to feel. By Bob Hall.

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  • Highway Robbery

    North Carolina roads are paved with campaign dollars that rob taxpayers, wreck communities, and destroy the environment. By Barry Yeoman.

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  • Robbin' HUD

    Housing developers gave more than $1.6 million in political contributions. They got back $1.4 billion in tax benefits. By Barbara Kessler and Craig Flournoy.

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  • Bought and Sold

    The Alabama legislature has gone to the dogs—thanks to campaign payoffs and insider deals. By Gita Maritzer Smith.

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  • Money Out, People In

    A guide to what went wrong with campaign financing—and how to fix it. By Mary Lee Kerr and Bob Hall.

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  • Giving Up Spending

    Elected officials and grassroots activists in West Virginia are pressuring candidates to curb their lavish campaigns. By Susan Leffler.

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  • "Taking Back the Political Landscape"

    The author of Who Will Tell the People talks about how big money conquered politics—and how citizens can regain control. An interview with William Greider.

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  • "We Should Be the Government"

    An Alabama activist says voter registration should be like drinking water—as easy to get, and as hard to live without. An interview with Gwen Patton.

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  • Hard-Working Women

    Images of pain, pride and everyday heroism, captured in the faces and voices of women textile workers. Photo essay by Susan H. Page.

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  • Koinonia Turns Fifty

    Half a century after it was founded to promote racial harmony, an historic Georgia commune examines its own racism. By Jerry Gentry.

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  • Still the South: Miniature Golf

    By Harrell Chotas and Mary Lee Kerr

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