Sweep
...from my engine compartment a cluster of ruined hoses, twisted and curled together like a nest of blacksnakes, and whistles as he forages in the rack for more. Slowly, the...
Accidents Happen with Clockwork Regularity
...twelve dull movements of a slow dance. Something moves the ants for a while. Something moves you on. The sky is terribly the same, full of small engines, birdsong, momentary...
Day of action, Freedom Plaza, Washington, D.C., September 27, 2010
...a sit-in on Freedom Plaza. While mountaintop removal is often considered an Appalachian problem, this protest and its depiction of the federal Army Corps of Engineers points to the complexity...
The Bulletin—June 26, 2012
...living in and intellectually engaging with the US South. The Army Corps of Engineers is planning to close a controversial freshwater diversion that appeared to be building new land at...
Beasts of the Southern Wild and Dirty Ecology
...engines remind us that although the film's characters are battered by the forces of global warming and their carbon footprint is small, creating a carbon-free democracy is not their concern....
A Review of Lawrence N. Powell's The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans
...a succession of colonial governments. But Powell keeps his story anchored in the city itself, in the grid of streets that French engineers hoped would foster civic virtue and in...
Ethnic Cleansing and the Trail of Tears: Cherokee Pasts, Places, and Identities
...abide by borders negotiated by the crown they had just overthrown. In anticipation of this invasion, Cherokees began to head west in search of places to ensure that they could...
Discursive Memorials: Queer Histories in Atlanta's Public Spaces
...built environment and the experiences of its inhabitants—mark the city's particularities. Increasing numbers of cars, trolleys, buses, and taxis enabled movement between downtown and suburbs; rural and urban areas; "colored"...
Farmland Blues: The Legacy of USDA Discrimination
...harshest racial discrimination and violence.2Bruce J. Reynolds, "Black Farmers in America, 1865–2000: The Pursuit of Independent Farming and the Role of Cooperatives," USDA Rural Business Cooperative Service, Research Report 194...
Chattanooga, Tennessee images
Chattanooga, Tennessee: Inflatable Figures, Rock City, Lookout Mountain Located on top of Lookout Mountain, Rock City is only six miles from downtown Chattanooga. Woman on Cell Phone and Construction Site...