Caroline McCoy

About

Caroline McCoy is the Oxford American's inaugural Narrative Change Fellow. She writes about how policy impacts people's lives in Arkansas and the greater South. If you feel that an issue facing your community should be covered by the Oxford American, email her at cmccoy@oxfordamerican.org.

Articles

Maternal Health in Arkansas: Introduction to a Crisis

The first installment in a series about the state’s maternal-health crisis

By Caroline McCoy

Arkansas’s Faulty Plan to Build a Mega Prison

“Who’s gonna build a prison up on Mill Creek Mountain?”

By Caroline McCoy

Loss at the Buffalo National River

“The jobs weren’t reviewed before they were terminated”

By Caroline McCoy

Maternal Health in Arkansas: The Doula Effect

“Black women are afraid to have babies in the hospital, because we’re dying at a higher rate in the state.”

By Caroline McCoy

Miss Gay America: an Arkansas Tradition

The oldest national drag competition is still making history in Little Rock.

By Caroline McCoy

Saving the Largest Collection of Appalachian Culture

“The longer we wait, the more we’re going to lose.”

By Caroline McCoy

The 144 of Rock Hill, SC

“We’re losing this history at an alarming rate”

By Caroline McCoy

The Gun Dealers Working to Prevent Suicide

Arkansas retailers provide safe and free storage for firearms

By Caroline McCoy

The Rush to Archive America’s Diversity Programs

“We knew it was going to happen.”

By Caroline McCoy

Why Doctors Are Opting Out of Arkansas

“We’re handcuffed in taking care of women”

By Caroline McCoy