Carrie Bolton preaches a freedom message—and not just inside her church. Originally published in Indy Week. HENRY HUNTER WAS STILL A YOUNG MAN the day he learned Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation. With a presidential penstroke, the world suddenly seemed too big for Hunter to stay on the farm where his family lived. “I’ve […]
Gay No More?
A breakaway group of Christian and secular therapists claims to be able to convert homosexuals into heterosexuals—if they’ll just get with the program. So what exactly is the program? And does it work? Originally published in Psychology Today. IT’S A SUNDAY MORNING in Lecanto, Florida, and Faith Chapel is filled with the Holy Spirit. Tambourines shaking, guitar […]
Burnt Twice
Carolina Solite’s neighbors thought the toxic fumes were bad enough. Then came toxic neglect from the state. Originally published in IndyWeek. THE FARM WHERE JOANN ALMOND grew up looks like a slice of Americana. Children play in a pasture amid goats and horses. Rabbits and doves live in cages, while a handful of chickens run free. The […]
Wrestling With Words
For stutterers, speaking is not just a physical handicap but also crippling psychological problem. Now gaining popularity is a radical—and controversial—notion: that stutterers are better off learning to accept their impediment rather than striving to overcome it. Originally published in Psychology Today. HEAD BOBBING, FACE GRIMACING, Vicki Schutter stood before a microphone in a Cleveland hotel and […]
A Carolina Democratic Dream
Tar Heel archconservative Lauch Faircloth finds himself in a tough race against a personable Democrat who’s got a populist approach and money, too. Originally published in The Nation. JOHN EDWARDS KNOWS HE’S WALKING INTO THE LION’S DEN. It’s the Thursday before Labor Day, and the Democratic US Senate candidate is about to address the Rotary Club of […]
‘Virtual disenfranchisement’
Originally published in The Nation. CONGRESSMAN MEL WATT DOES A GOOD JOB of representing his constituents. A soft-spoken attorney and one of Congress’s left-most members, Watt hails from one of the more ideologically homogeneous districts in the country: the 12th District of North Carolina. Since he was first elected in 1992, the district has been a skinny […]
Mixed Blessings
The lives of two men in neighboring Southern cities illustrate the news—good and bad—from the World AIDS Conference in Geneva. The good news is that mortality from AIDS complications continues to drop and that many people on combination therapy are healthier than they have been in years. The bad news is that the advances in […]
Rethinking the Race Beat
Newsrooms are searching for new ways to cover racial and ethnic minorities. Do you need to be a specialist to do it right? Originally published in Columbia Journalism Review. GIVEN ATLANTA’S PLACE in modern American history, it made sense for its hometown newspaper, the Journal-Constitution, to assign a reporter to cover civil rights full-time. Until recently, that job […]
Good Story, Bad Result
A profile puts the subject at risk. Originally published in Columbia Journalism Review. IN EARLY MARCH, THE RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER published a front-page profile of Julio Granados, 21, who was working at a local grocery store to support his family back in Guadalajara, Mexico. North Carolina’s Latino population is burgeoning, and Granados represented “Everyhombre,” as writer Gigi […]
Art and States’ Rights
Originally published in The Nation. OF ALL THE FAN LETTERS OUT NORTH Contemporary Art House has ever received, the most surprising has come from a former adversary. Shannon McDade, a member of the Alaska State Council on the Arts, had visited the theater to see June Bride, a one-woman show by Sara Felder about an old-fashioned lesbian Jewish […]
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