/southern-witness Southern Witness en-US Copyright Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:59:05 GMT /southern-witness/2023-03-06/essay-in-north-carolina-students-are-still-missing-teachers Education reporter Liz Schlemmer recounts her experiences covering the teacher shortage that has been hitting North Carolina schools over the last several years — and why it matters so much for students to have teachers physically with them in the classroom. Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:59:05 GMT /southern-witness/2023-03-06/essay-in-north-carolina-students-are-still-missing-teachers Liz Schlemmer /race-demographics/2022-09-20/apology-queens-death-brings-memories-brutal-reign-british-india Amid the royal spectacle of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, ¹ÏÉñapp's Anisa Khalifa reflects on the Crown's brutal legacy. Tue, 20 Sep 2022 13:51:22 GMT /race-demographics/2022-09-20/apology-queens-death-brings-memories-brutal-reign-british-india Anisa Khalifa /2022-09-12/we-cant-wish-away-long-covid It’s become an oft-repeated pandemic talking point: we won’t know the true impact of COVID-19 for years to come. Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:00:54 GMT /2022-09-12/we-cant-wish-away-long-covid Anisa Khalifa /southern-witness/reading-ourselves-into-existence Anisa Khalifa reflects on pushing back against book bans, while understanding the damage caused by racism in the books she grew up reading — which continue to sit on shelves today. Mon, 21 Feb 2022 18:33:57 GMT /southern-witness/reading-ourselves-into-existence Anisa Khalifa /southern-witness/becoming-again Omisade Burney-Scott writes about experiencing puberty and menopause as a Black woman, and the conversations that she is working to normalize. Tue, 26 Oct 2021 17:54:45 GMT /southern-witness/becoming-again Omisade Burney-Scott /southern-witness/colonial-village-confessional Rebecca Martinez explores the origins of her neighborhood in Durham, and wrestles with the idea of ethical homeownership in a gentrifying area built on white supremacy. Tue, 01 Jun 2021 19:25:53 GMT /southern-witness/colonial-village-confessional Rebecca Martinez /southern-witness/pauli-murrays-america Pauli Murray’s conviction for equality broke barriers and changed history. Charlie Shelton-Ormond reflects on her idea of patriotism, and what he can take from her legacy. Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:37:08 GMT /southern-witness/pauli-murrays-america Charlie Shelton-Ormond /southern-witness/history-hamilton-hall-and-the-last-black-man-in-galion Dave DeWitt reflects on the way history is written on the buildings, monuments and political systems that surround us — and why it's so important to question who wrote that history, what they left out or misrepresented, and who suffers from that erasure. Fri, 05 Feb 2021 16:03:20 GMT /southern-witness/history-hamilton-hall-and-the-last-black-man-in-galion Dave DeWitt /southern-witness/black-women-vote Race and Southern culture reporter Leoneda Inge charts the organizing among Black women in the run up to Biden's selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate in 2020, and the power of Black women's votes and voices. Wed, 19 Aug 2020 17:32:13 GMT /southern-witness/black-women-vote Leoneda Inge /southern-witness/the-guilt-trip Reporter Leoneda Inge recounts her experience taking a private bus tour that she thought would be the Civil Rights trip of a lifetime. And it was — but her unexpected traveling companions transformed her journey in surprising ways. Mon, 03 Aug 2020 20:01:59 GMT /southern-witness/the-guilt-trip Leoneda Inge