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## American South


* ![Thibodeaux In That Land of Perfect Day](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7cbbfd1a902c344/6989363be76ad24d4763297a/my-true-south-thibodeaux-in-that-land-of-perfect-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [My True South: Why I Decided to Return Home](https://time.com/5349517/jesmyn-ward-my-true-south/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Jesmyn Ward
* ![Stacey Abrams Rabut](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta5ceb223d5de2f02/6989363d22fb85f505e26410/stacey-abrams-portrait.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [Can She Turn Georgia Blue?](https://time.com/5349541/stacey-abrams-georgia/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Molly Ball
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [Meet the 31 People Who Are Changing the South](https://time.com/5349036/people-changing-the-south/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![Oscar Diaz of the Cortez in Raleigh](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcaa3682919193288/6989363c929fadfd40bf12b8/oscar-diaz-cortex-raleigh-nc.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [How Southern Food Has Finally Embraced Its Multicultural Soul](https://time.com/5349518/southern-food-culture/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Gustavo Arellano
* ![Dayo Okeniyi, left, and Brad Carter on the set of Emperor, an upcoming historical drama produced by Freedom Run Films. Other historical films like Glory and Remember the Titans have also taken advantage of Georgia’s timeless landscapes.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltae5d24320905c5c8/698936418fd2ee5b7235c399/atlanta-film-industry-georgia-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [How Georgia Became the Hollywood of the South: TIME Goes Behind the Scenes](https://time.com/5348962/hollywood-in-georgia/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Eliana Dockterman  
* ![The Many Souths LGBT](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74622321ced9ca55/6989363f22fb85450de26417/the-many-souths-changing-south-lgbtq.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [The South Could Mend America’s Divide—If It Reckons With Its Past](https://time.com/5349511/the-many-souths/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Jon Meacham
* ![Politics of the South Drawlin for Votes](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7149c962c6140584/6989363c97cdff9f606b5d4e/politics-south-drawling-for-votes-line-trump-rally-2017.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [What Democrats Don’t Get About the South](https://time.com/5349531/democrats-dont-get-the-south/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by David French
* ![Miranda Lambert; Brittany Howard; Tim McGraw; Faith Hill](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfbd38aad73d4dc18/6989364dfb4eac1a7b89734c/southern-celebrities-favorite-spots-featured.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [Miranda Lambert, Faith Hill and Other Celebrities Share Their Favorite Spots in the South](https://time.com/5349149/southern-celebrities-favorite-spots/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![Shaped by Water](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb42e9798a80882c9/6989364e86f68edf356e9bc2/shape-of-water-the-south.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [Why the Mississippi Remains the South’s Most Vital Artery](https://time.com/5349527/mississippi-river-the-south/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Walter Isaacson
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04ce9be8c8d40960/6989365197cdffbeec6b5d61/bayou-dispatch-illo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [Memories From the South: Waters of the Bayou](https://time.com/5349539/nathaniel-rich-bayou/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Nathaniel Rich  
* ![apple-orchard-north-carolina](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt734ed500ef690efe/698936547cdbac286ed5d815/apple-orchard-north-carolina.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [An Orchard at the Bottom of a Hill](https://time.com/5349535/an-orchard-at-the-bottom-of-a-hill/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Maurice Manning
* ![Side facade of cottage on Pulaski Street, Tybee Island, Georgia. Homes on this street were formerly barracks for enlisted men when Fort Screven was an active military installation.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1200d2b17764e885/6989365386f68eb5216e9bcb/foreday-in-the-morning-brown-option-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [Foreday in the Morning](https://time.com/5349540/jericho-brown-poem/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Jericho Brown
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda81048e57128213/698936500a4a22fbc69d34a0/wrigley-taproom.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [Memories From the South: Growing Up in a ‘Sundown Town’](https://time.com/5349524/silas-house-essay/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Silas House
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bbc01a9ad4c67c4/698936510a4a224d149d34a4/prairie-birds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [Memories From the South: Jogging Through Paynes Prairie](https://time.com/5349516/lauren-groff-prairie-escape/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Lauren Groff
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb3185461d7b3a80/6989364fcf40a85e31c4cd3f/does-eat-place2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2018  
## [Memories From the South: Doe’s Eat Place](https://time.com/5349544/julia-reed-does-eat-place/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Julia Reed

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