Justice

October 27, 2025 - At a recent Institute forum, urbanist and historian Prof. Davarian Baldwin looked at the role of universities in their communities, and why institutions like Duke University should do more to invest in workers and residents.

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 24, 2025 - A campaign launched this spring is calling on Duke University to raise wages and invest in the city of Durham. Over its history, the elite Southern school has earned a reputation for its hostility to worker activism.

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.

August 27, 2025 - At a critical moment for higher education, a leading urban scholar argues universities need to be doing more — not less — to support and invest in the communities where they are based.

July 25, 2025 - Date in July on which President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: 4th