Our second episode brings us to our first road trip: Richmond, Va., where Jesse talks to local organizer Quinton Robbins (pictured) with the grassroots progressive group Richmond For All. They have had success both electing candidates to local office and pushing back against big-dollar development plans that threatened local communities.
Our weekly news roundup from across the South looks at a fight over library books in Arkansas; the rocky tenure of Louisiana’s top environmental official; and an attempt to block undocumented children from Tennessee public schools.
In the arts and culture segment, Jesse checks in on the first-ever Biscuits & Banjos Festival in North Carolina, organized by musician and scholar Rhiannon Giddens.
Ep. 2: A Richmond Road Trip
