Self-Portrait at a Bend in the Road
...that silence would be lost, would be written over leaving the road a by-way, a dead end with a plaque where people hold photographs to the air so they can...
You Can't Eat Coal, and Other Lessons from Appalachian Women's History
...When those jobs disappeared, no other industry filled the gap and more people entered the low-wage service economy, surviving with little in the way of workplace benefits or economic security....
Shared Space, Separate Pasts: Versions of Slavery in Charleston
...atrocities and enslaved people's freedom struggles. Denmark Vesey's Garden shows convincingly that the way in which white and black Charlestonians produced alternative narratives of the past represents an uneven but...
Academic Capitalism and Regional Planning: A Review of Shadows of a Sunbelt City
...Tretter’s engagement with David Harvey and the tradition of materialist geography demonstrates a commitment to principles of justice, as does his concern with uneven power relations and the myriad ways...
Sapelo Island Flyover
...complex, paved roads, a freshwater pond created by excavation, and the present-day lighthouse, still used for guiding maritime traffic in Doboy Sound. Internal Waterway, Sapelo Island, Georgia, 2015. Screenshot courtesy...
Born In Violent Conquest: A Review of Jacksonland
...within the United States, rather than members of an indigenous polity seeking to protect itself against an invading empire. In Jacksonland's strongest sections, Inskeep surveys the many ways Jackson merged...
Zircon
...measured rate. The zircon lasts when mother rocks around have crumbled, worn away to sand. It keeps the fingerprints of isotopes from clouds of the original primordial dust, right here...
And the Prize Goes to...
...studies. Finally, the class noted Delerme's combination of tools from linguistics and sonic studies that opened up her subjects in ways that left them wanting to learn more. One student...
The Bulletin—July 2, 2013
...currently underway. Texas killed Kimberly McCarthy, the 500th Texan inmate executed since the Supreme Court lifted a nationwide moratorium on executions in 1976, when they ruled that the state of...
The Bulletin—April 24, 2013
...in and intellectually engaging with the US South. In Atlanta, two historic African American churches potentially stand in the way of plans to build a new, billion-dollar football stadium for...