--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # American South ## American South Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  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 *  Jul 26, 2018 ## [Can She Turn Georgia Blue?](https://time.com/5349541/stacey-abrams-georgia/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) by Molly Ball *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  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 *  Jul 26, 2018 ## [Memories From the South: Waters of the Bayou](https://time.com/5349539/nathaniel-rich-bayou/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Nathaniel Rich *  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 *  Jul 26, 2018 ## [Foreday in the Morning](https://time.com/5349540/jericho-brown-poem/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Jericho Brown *  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 *  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 *  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 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/american-south/","name":"American South"}}]}] ```