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Is any protest a threat to public safety?

by Barry Yeoman on July 29, 2020

Yes, said this small North Carolina city. Originally published in The Washington Post. GRAHAM, N.C. — ON SATURDAY MORNING, AS 100 demonstrators stood in a small downtown plaza chanting racial justice slogans, Barrett Brown decided to raise the stakes. Brown, the president of the NAACP’s area branch, grabbed a cardboard poster and slipped across the […]

Judge declares much of N.C. ag-gag law unconstitutional

by Barry Yeoman on June 14, 2020

Click here for “Judge declares much of N.C. ag-gag law unconstitutional,” Food & Environment Reporting Network, June 2020.

Hope Rising

by Barry Yeoman on June 1, 2020

The hard work of humans—and nature’s resilience—can help even the most endangered species climb back from the abyss. Originally published in National Wildlife. For a PDF of the magazine pages, click here. LAST DECEMBER BROUGHT A RARE FLASH of celebratory news: The Guam rail, a ground-nesting bird from the United States’ westernmost territory, came off a global […]

Feeding refugees on the U.S.-Mexico border

by Barry Yeoman on May 20, 2020

Click here for “Feeding refugees on the U.S.-Mexico border,” Food & Environment Reporting Network and Texas Observer, May 2020.

How a Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic

by Barry Yeoman on May 12, 2020

The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw have long practiced self-isolation and sustainable food production, which they hope will help keep their number of COVID-19 cases low. Originally published in Southerly. WHEN THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK FIRST REACHED Louisiana and residents were ordered to stay at home, Marie Marlene V. Foret tapped into some of the skills […]

As Sea Level Rise Threatens Their Ancestral Village, a Louisiana Tribe Fights to Stay Put

by Barry Yeoman on April 13, 2020

They survived the BP oil disaster, Hurricane Katrina, and decades of industry spoiling their wetlands. Whatever their future holds, the people of Grand Bayou want to decide it for themselves. Originally published in onEarth. TEN YEARS AGO, AS NEWS OF THE BP oil disaster reached Louisiana’s Grand Bayou Indian Village, Rosina Philippe dispatched her brother Maurice Phillips […]

On the Front Lines at a North Carolina Food Bank

by Barry Yeoman on April 7, 2020

Click here for “On the Front Lines at a North Carolina Food Bank,” Food & Environment Reporting Network, April 2020.

In North Carolina, pandemic prompts farmer cooperation

by Barry Yeoman on March 20, 2020

Click here for “In North Carolina, pandemic prompts farmer cooperation,” Food and Environment Reporting Network, March 2020.

A Woman Not of Her Time

by Barry Yeoman on March 16, 2020

Please click here to be directed to the PDF of “A Woman Not of Her Time,” Carolina Alumni Review, March-April 2020 issue.

The Quest for an AIDS Vaccine

by Barry Yeoman on February 5, 2020

Please click here to be directed to the PDF of “The Quest for an AIDS Vaccine,” Duke Magazine, Winter 2019-2020 issue.

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