How North Carolina rose up against Trump's latest anti-immigrant crackdown

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. Co-published with The Nation magazine.

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VOICES: Has the campaign of fear against Latinos in North Carolina awoken a sleeping giant?

Journalist and Institute board member Paul Cuadros writes that brutal treatment and indiscriminate policing by federal law enforcement has galvanized thousands of Latinos in North Carolina and beyond.

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Institute Index: The data center backlash

The November 2025 elections revealed growing opposition to the data center construction boom in the South and nationally, which is putting growing strain on electric utilities.

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'We won't let democracy die on our watch'

Facing South talks with author and legal scholar Gene Nichol about his new book and how we can fight authoritarianism and expand democracy.

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Archives: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

December 1 marks the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' refusal to move from her bus seat, defying Jim Crow and sparking the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott. In 1981, Southern Exposure captured the stories of Southern organizers involved in the effort, and in 2015 Chris Kromm wrote about the strategic genius of the boycott in Facing South.

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At President Trump's urging, Texas is trying to redistrict to send even more Republicans to Congress — and will need the U.S. Supreme Court's help to pull it off. (USA Today)

Black residents in West Tennessee won fairer districts for their county board — but the likely dismantling of the Voting Rights Act by the U.S. Supreme Court would undermine those gains. (Bolts)

In rural Louisiana, Black and white churches see Meta's plan to build America's biggest AI complex very differently. (Capital B)

A study finds that Big Tech companies have spent more than $1 billion on elections and campaigns to influence state AI laws. (Public Citizen)

ICE has sent more than 600 immigrant children to detention in federal shelters this year, a new record. (ProPublica)

Michael Whatley has overseen the troubled federal Hurricane Helene recovery response, a potential liability for his candidacy for North Carolina's U.S. Senate seat in 2026. (NOTUS)

More than 180 libraries in Tennessee are under review after the Republican Secretary of State ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or characters. (Popular Information)

At Gilliard Farms near rural Brunswick, Georgia, a family of Gullah Geechee descent preserves 150 years of culture. (Barn Raiser)

Writer Appodlachia argues Zohran Mamdani's politics focused on affordability for working class families could work in Appalachia. (No Elegy Needed)