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.

Vol. 20 No. 3 - Fall 1992
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Magazine cover with photo of elderly man lying in hospital or nursing home bed, mouth open, looking out the window. Text reads "No Place Like Home"

No Place Like Home

  • Dateline: The South

    Compiled by Mario Nebbitts

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  • Southern News Roundup

    Compiled by Eric Bates

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  • Hog Wild

    Corporate hog farms are slaughtering family farmers and poisoning drinking water across the rural South. By David Cecelski and Mary Lee Kerr.

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  • No Place Like Home

    We've all heard the horror stories about nursing homes. So why do so many still provide so little care? By Eric Bates.

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  • Resting Uneasy

    How nursing homes and rest homes in North Carolina use their political and financial clout to protect business as usual. By Tinker Ready.

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  • Back-Breaking Care

    Spending a day with a nursing home aide shows that even the best must struggle to do a good job. By Anne Clancy.

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  • "Because Someone Spoke Up"

    Fran Sutcliffe has been raising hell and reforming nursing homes for two decades—but she hasn't given up hope. Interview by Ellen Forman.

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  • Where the Heart Is

    Nursing homes are not the only option. Here are six non-profit alternatives that really work.

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  • Southern Voices: Miss Elizabeth

    Interview by Kat Meads

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  • Fiction: Snakes

    By Nanci Kincaid

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  • Home Cheat Home

    Taking out a home-equity loan? Beware: Big banks are preying on the poor, using high-interest loans to steal low-income homes. By Mike Hudson.

    50

  • The South in Congress

    Who's best, who's worst. SE rates the region's congressional representatives on 20 key votes. By Barry Yeoman, Bob Hall, and Laura Neish.

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  • Double Bubba

    The South rose again at the Democratic National Convention. But whose South was it? By Barry Yeoman.

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  • Still the South: The Bible Belt

    By Mary Lee Kerr

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