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No Place To Be Displaced: Katrina Response and the Deep South's Political Economy

Lynn Weber writes about the challenges faced by Hurricane Katrina evacuees displaced to Columbia and West Columbia, South Carolina.

Hillside Refuge: Tornado Shelters in Northeast Mississippi

In a three-county area near Tupelo, Mississippi, Erin Austen Abbott photographs storm shelters and their place in local history and culture.

"Puerto Ricans Live Free": Race, Language, and Orlando's Contested Soundscape

An article by Simone Delerme

The Vanished World of the New Orleans Longshoreman

A documentary and essay by Justin Nystrom

The Digital Yoknapatawpha Project

An interview with Taylor Hagood

Low-Wage Legacies, Race, and the Golden Chicken in Mississippi: Where Contemporary Immigration Meets African American Labor History

An essay by Angela Stuesse and Laura E. Helton

Rereading Local Color: Bill Hardwig's Upon Provincialism

A review by Coleman Hutchison

Race, Capitalism, and the Rise and Fall of Black Beach Communities

A review by Brett Gadsden

A Real American Horror Story: On Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave

A review by Dan Pecchenino

Managing Malaria: The Emory University Field Station and The Melvin H. Goodwin Papers

A blog post by Sean Suarez

Reuse, Author Choice, and the Open Access Spectrum: New Creative Commons Licenses for Southern Spaces Authors

A blog post by Jesse P. Karlsberg and Sarah V. Melton