Timothy Pratt
7 posts
As Extreme Weather Linked to Climate Change Hobbles Agriculture and Causes Billion-Dollar Damages, Immigrant Farmworkers Are Left Behind
On an early spring day, Martín Hernández walked through the dank disorder of his former home. Tobacco had…
June 26, 2019
A Growing Threat: Extreme Storms Are Just One Way Climate Change Is Affecting Immigrant Farmworkers
Scientists are predicting extreme weather events linked to climate change will become more common, but states and the…
June 26, 2019
These Changes Could Help Address How Immigrant Farmworkers Are Overlooked In Natural Disasters
During the course of reporting for this project, 100 Days in Appalachia spoke with a number of local,…
June 26, 2019
Appalachian Whiteness: A History that Never Existed
Writing about Southern Appalachia slightly more than a century ago, travel writer Horace Kephart called “[o]ur highlanders…the most…
November 19, 2018
Asking Voters about Race: Helpful Tool or Roadmap for Suppression?
This story was originally published by Who.What.Why. Georgia is one of only eight states in the country where…
November 5, 2018
The Alabama Election and the Politics of Christian Nationalism
The once-in-a-generation results from Tuesday’s special election in Alabama, and the campaigns that preceded it, offer several windows…
December 15, 2017