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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 […]

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.

New Sheriffs in Town

by Barry Yeoman on January 4, 2019

African Americans win top law enforcement posts in North Carolina. Originally published in the The Washington Post. DURHAM, N. C. — THREE DAYS AFTER HE WAS SWORN IN as Durham County’s new sheriff last month, Clarence Birkhead ended his department’s cooperative relationship with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Within a week, his staff rebuffed ICE […]

Making a Marriage Work

by Barry Yeoman on January 1, 2019

Please click here to be directed to the PDF of “Making a Marriage Work,” Carolina Alumni Review, January-February 2019 issue.

ICE Puts Immigrants Into a Cruel Catch-22

by Barry Yeoman on December 6, 2018

By complying with one government agency, Samuel Oliver-Bruno exposed himself to deportation by another. Originally published in The Nation. LAST MONTH, SAMUEL OLIVER-BRUNO WAS SUMMONED to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) support center in Morrisville, North Carolina. After living in the United States for more than two decades, the 47-year-old drywall installer was […]

“We’re At that Tipping Point”

by Barry Yeoman on October 18, 2018

Anita Earls has been the North Carolina GOP’s chief antagonist in the courtroom. Now she’s running for a seat on the state Supreme Court as a GOP threat to pack the court looms. Originally published in Talking Points Memo JUDICIAL RACES IN NORTH CAROLINA tend to be low-key affairs. But the crowd gathered at a […]

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.

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. […]

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 […]

Shutdown

by Barry Yeoman on January 1, 2018

Click here for “Shutdown,” Carolina Alumni Review, January-February 2018 issue. Opens as a PDF.

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