Twisted railroad tracks and debris-filled streets are no match for the spirit of Old Fort. Photographer Stacy Reece captures the community’s determination to overcome Hurricane Helene.

Hurricane Helene’s devastating floods tore up the small town of Old Fort, North Carolina. But its people are actually speeding up their plans to build a new local economy built on outdoor recreation.

In this “Love Louder” feature, Crystal Good discusses her mission to amplify Black Appalachian stories through community journalism and cultural preservation.

In a routine dental checkup, Adam Klein confronts the spread of misinformation and grapples with the aftermath of a divisive election, reflecting on the fragility of truth and freedom in modern America.

As coastal development displaces long-time residents, one woman discovers that some spirits refuse to be uprooted.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, a young writer chronicles the devastation of her beloved mountain community—and the resilience of her people.

Two Southern poets confront the tragedy of school shootings. Johnson and Lawson’s raw, visceral words help us reflect on the Apalachee High School killings and the broader epidemic of gun violence in America’s schools.

The pandemic left communities in Eastern Kentucky fighting for survival and waiting on government responses that came too slowly, so Misty Skaggs turned to the ancient principle of mutual aid.

Sherri McCoy’s service to the unhoused people of Atlanta is an exercise in radical selflessness.

How a small crew in tiny Whitesburg, Georgia, turned the work of a 19th century New England poet into a touring fundraiser for small-town public libraries in the South.

You can give just for giving’s sake. Or you can give to fill a need. A Christmas story from coastal North Carolina.

When he left his native North Carolina to pastor a church in Vermont, he learned a new way in which grace travels back and forth.