There's an effort underway in Louisiana to make sure French-speaking Cajuns and Creoles are recognized in this year's population count -- but not everyone agrees on the best way to do that. More...

It's no surprise that Southern states have the highest number of people who identify as "religious." But there's a big gap between believers and those who attend services -- a fact which may have political implications for the religious right. More...

Thanksgiving didn't become a national holiday until the Civil War, when President Lincoln proclaimed it as a celebration of unity amid wartime strife. More...

The latest release from the independent vintage music label based in Raleigh, N.C. features songs from the mill villages of Gaston County, N.C. in the late 1920s and early 1930s. More...

Author Mary Gray's new book shows that not all young queers are leaving small towns for big cities. More...

The retail giant responsible for damaging an ancient Indian mound in Alabama to get fill dirt for a new store in its Sam's Club chain has damaged culturally significant Native American sites before -- and it's not alone. More...

The stories of post-disaster New Orleans are captured in a new book of photography by Joseph Rodriguez. More...

Stories of people surviving Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath continue to flood bookstores. More...