Justice
September 3, 2026 -
Durham, North Carolina is booming economically — but its schools are chronically underfunded, with devastating consequences for students, families, and staff. A new Institute for Southern Studies report looks at how the county's wealthy institutions and companies can help fill the gap.
September 2, 2026 -
A leading scholar of Black social movements in the South talks with Facing South about the central role of labor, lessons from our past, and how to confront escalating attacks on history itself.
August 6, 2026 -
A new report by the Institute for Southern Studies, publisher of Facing South, finds that while Durham, N.C. has boomed, workers’ wages have failed to keep pace — and for Black workers, the racial wage gap is widening.
June 10, 2026 -
Facing South talks with voting rights reporters Ari Berman about the latest round of attacks on the Voting Rights Act and what it means for the future of democracy and representation in the South.
May 19, 2026 -
On May 6, 2026, former Georgia state representative and gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams testified before the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to the state's
May 7, 2026 -
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act aimed to ensure that diverse communities had political representation. The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais threatens to increase the disconnect between the South's growing communities of color and the politicians who are elected due to extreme gerrymandering.
April 24, 2026 -
Amid an affordable housing crisis, Duke University has let 60 acres of prime campus land languish for years. Advocates say the story of Central Campus reflects the university's history of community neglect.
