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Category: The Deep South

Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina, as well as northern Florida, eastern Tennessee, and parts of Arkansas

How Do We Start?

Although Alabama has tremendous culture, beautiful landscapes, wonderful people, and a state pride that is hard to match, it also has an inferior economic base, a politics that is often marred by the exploitation of deep racial and class divisions, and too often a willingness to accept the shit end of the stick in business deals that results in low-paying jobs, extractive use of land, and environmentally damaging consequences. Though I am not a sociologist or politician, I do have a few ideas from the experiences that I do have. How… Read more How Do We Start?