Politics
September 13, 2024 -
This election cycle, disinformation is already being used to target marginalized communities. Advocates are now confronting misleading information by directly engaging voters and providing reliable information that can help this year's election remain free, fair, and secure.
October 31, 2025 -
As North Carolina gets dragged into the national congressional redistricting wars, Facing South talked with democracy advocate Tyler Daye about how we got here, and the road ahead for redistricting reform.
October 31, 2025 -
This election season, voters will decide the political direction of Virginia, elect key members of a Georgia commission shaping energy policy, and elect mayors in many of the South's biggest cities.
September 25, 2025 -
A year after the deadly storm ravaged Appalachia, the region has made progress, but federal cuts and delays have slowed recovery.
September 23, 2025 -
A new report by the Institute for Southern Studies and 19 other state and national organizations outlines a pro-democracy agenda for North Carolina on issues ranging from voting access to combating corruption, protecting court independence, and defending the right to protest.
August 28, 2025 -
As the Trump administration escalates its efforts to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an Institute analysis finds that half of the complaints filed by consumers asking for the Bureau's help have come from Southern states.
July 25, 2025 -
A North Carolina bill is the latest effort by GOP donors and advocates to hide Big Money political spending from public view. As they try to overturn the governor's veto, they're lobbying Democrats to join the anti-transparency cause.
