The candidacy of Vincent Fort, who is running to be the mayor of Atlanta, is being seen as a test of Democratic Socialism’s strength in the South.

From crop failures to killer storms, Trump's Southern supporters are paying the price.

Jon Ossoff's loss in Georgia shows the potency of attacking Trump's critics, as the conservative media (even David Brooks!) hop on the bandwagon.

Some call the Georgia Democrat "a moderate Republican." Others say he's a serious progressive dressed up as a centrist. One thing's for sure: Ossoff has become a Rorschach test for a desperate, divided party.

John T. Edge's "The Potlikker Papers" looks at multiculturalism, conflict, and civil rights in the American South—all through the history of the region's food.

The Democrat might steal a Republican congressional seat in Georgia. Or not. Either way, the election won't reveal much about the Trump resistance.

Without the protections of the Voting Rights Act, local elections are a free-for-all.

"... 1,058 people have been killed by police this year to date alone, and most of the time, no legal charges follow."

Killer Mike and the return of the politically engaged rapper.

The monument to Confederate officer Henry Wirz is down the road from the graveyard of his many victims

How a flash flood that killed hundreds of animals at the Tbilisi Zoo explains the failure of post-Soviet Georgia.