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The Alabama Landline That Keeps Ringing

To their callers, who dial from all over the world, these students are the internet.

By Emily McCrary

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Marquetta Johnson: A Legacy of Generosity

Any limits placed on her as a quilter, she surpassed.

By Thalia Butts

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Why Doctors Are Opting Out of Arkansas

“We’re handcuffed in taking care of women”

By Caroline McCoy

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Know Your Burger

“If people knew how much work goes into that hamburger, they’d be shocked.”

By David Cook

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The 144 of Rock Hill, SC

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

By Caroline McCoy

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Arkansas’s Faulty Plan to Build a Mega Prison

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

By Caroline McCoy

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The Rush to Archive America’s Diversity Programs

“We knew it was going to happen.”

By Caroline McCoy

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Willie Nelson’s Potluck for a Cause

East meets West at the musician’s tenth annual culinary festival

By Oxford American

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A Quiet Ruckus: Community Reflections on Now Closed Louisville Publication

Ruckus remains a dynamic time capsule

By Ian Carstens

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Writing Motherhood in Arkansas and the Missouri Ozarks

“These stories reflect systemic failures”

By Jennifer Case

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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

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Loss at the Buffalo National River

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

By Caroline McCoy