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The Soul of Community

by Barry Yeoman on October 1, 2018

Click here for “The Soul of Community,” Craftsmanship Quarterly, Fall 2018.

The Cookhouse Shepherd

by Barry Yeoman on July 1, 2018

Click here for “The Cookhouse Shepherd,” Carolina Alumni Review, July 2018. Opens as a PDF.

A Voice of Dissent in the GOP

by Barry Yeoman on April 2, 2018

Haunted by his vote to authorize the Iraq War, the Republican congressman is standing up against US military actions. Originally published in The Nation. ON THE DAY IN LATE JANUARY that I interviewed Walter Jones Jr. in his office in Greenville, North Carolina, the Republican congressman was feeling particularly apocalyptic. He had just read a […]

What Happens After the Progressive Revolution Comes to a City Like Durham?

by Barry Yeoman on March 12, 2018

On the challenges of governing a bright-blue city in the middle of a hot-red state. Originally published in The Nation. LAST DECEMBER, AFTER HE WAS SWORN IN as mayor of Durham, North Carolina, Steve Schewel laid down his vision for a city where elected officials work alongside residents to resist regressive state and federal policy. […]

By Whose Authority?

by Barry Yeoman on March 1, 2018

Click here for “By Whose Authority?”, Carolina Alumni Review,” March-April 2018 issue. Opens as a PDF.

Why Southern Schools Are Talking Secession

by Barry Yeoman on February 16, 2018

Citing inefficiencies, North Carolina is considering breaking up its countywide school districts. Critics see this as opening the door to resegregation. Originally published in CityLab. WHEN I MOVED TO DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, in the mid-1980s, the county had two separate school systems. At its center, like a bulls-eye, was the city system, which was overwhelmingly […]

Law and Disorder in North Carolina

by Barry Yeoman on December 21, 2017

Since Republicans gained control of the North Carolina legislature in 2011, judges have emerged as some of their staunchest adversaries. Now lawmakers want to curb state court powers. Originally published in The American Prospect. THIS FALL, IN A DISPUTE OVER GERRYMANDERING, federal judges stripped North Carolina lawmakers of the power to draw their own state district lines. […]

Democracy on the Line

by Barry Yeoman on September 27, 2017

How the GOP uses redistricting to maintain power in the purple state of North Carolina. Originally published in The Nation. JEFF JACKSON WAS A YOUNG PROSECUTOR living in Charlotte, North Carolina, when a seat in the State Senate unexpectedly opened up in 2014. To Jackson, politics seemed like an antidote to the daily frustration of […]

Durham Residents Counter White Supremacists

by Barry Yeoman on August 21, 2017

The fear was that Klansmen would come to replicate the violence that had just racked Charlottesville. Originally published in The Nation. LAST FRIDAY MORNING, A REPORT spread through my hometown of Durham, North Carolina, that white supremacists were descending on downtown. “We are carefully monitoring the situation,” said an all-points bulletin to city workers, “and are taking precautions […]

Toppled! Ridding Durham of Its Racist Monument

by Barry Yeoman on August 17, 2017

The liberal city wanted it down; the GOP state legislature forbade that; activists found a way to end that impasse. Originally published in The American Prospect. JILLIAN JOHNSON WAS OUT of town Monday night, as a group of young activists were yanking the Confederate soldier statue off its granite pedestal in downtown Durham, North Carolina. She learned […]

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