Around the South

“Moral Mondays” focus N.C. protests

Jun 12, 2013

“Moral Mondays” focus N.C. protests

For the last six Mondays in North Carolina, hundreds of protesters have flocked to the state capitol in Raleigh to protest the...

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Southern poverty, 1935 or 1936

Jun 5, 2013

Southern poverty, 1935 or 1936

The new publication of a 70+ year old unpublished essay by James Agee on the terrible poverty of the American South during the Great...

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South high in births to unmarried moms

May 7, 2013

South high in births to unmarried moms

Seven of the nation’s metro areas with the highest percentage of births to unmarried mothers are in the American South,...

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New project focuses attention on Southern Crescent

May 1, 2013

New project focuses attention on Southern Crescent

The new Southern Crescent project by the Center for a Better South is an effort to draw attention to underserved areas of the American...

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Mississippi, South playing catch-up with country

Jan 3, 2012

An excerpt from a Better South op-ed in the Mississippi Press on Jan. 3, 2012: “But a recent statistical review by the Center...

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Bestler: Not pretty picture of SC

Nov 20, 2011

A Friday column by Bob Bestler of The Sun News in Myrtle Beach, S.C., says the Center for a Better South’s new Briefing Book...

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