Indigo Girl Amy Ray talks to Salvation South about Thanksgiving and all things Southern.

From the North Carolina mountains comes a poem to remind us that the simplest moments are the things for which we should give the greatest thanks.

We give thanks for you and your support — and offer a week full of Thanksgiving stories.

In north Mississippi, close to the Tennessee line, the extended Brown family reunites for Thanksgiving. And sometimes, they tell their secrets.

In the Ross household, a turkey on the Thanksgiving table was never enough. Oysters were required.

A queer Southern mother’s complicated relationship with Chick-fil-A.

After the Civil War, the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association erected a monument to the Confederate dead in the city’s historic Oakland Cemetery. In 2021, it was removed. Writer Mark Beaver ponders what the evolution of that cemetery tells Southerners about themselves.

How a diverse crew of community-minded visionaries is betting on outdoor recreation to blaze trails to a more inclusive future for a sleepy Western North Carolina town.

An award-winning novelist — and a poll worker — shares a firsthand account of how she and her colleagues battle to ensure we all have the opportunity to vote.

A poet from Athens, Georgia, offers verses filled with beautiful visions about the power of conversation — both unearthly and earthly.

Salvation South came to life one year ago, and now we need your help to keep it alive.

Growing up on a North Carolina barrier island, her father taught her the ways of the sea — and how too many people and too much greed would change their lives forever.