Politics
November 26, 2025 -
Facing South talks with author and scholar Gene Nichol about his new book and the path ahead for defending and expanding democracy.
November 25, 2025 -
Siembra NC mobilized thousands of volunteers to protect schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces in the wake of Border Patrol's latest operation in N.C. — and they aim to shift power in the battleground state.
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.
