Reckon

Reckon is dedicated to thoroughly examining the significant challenges and issues that the South faces today. We achieve this by engaging in genuine discussions that inspire meaningful actions. Our deep understanding of the region allows us to collaborate with our audience in sharing stories that shape the future of our community. Established in 2017, Reckon has recently shifted its focus, thanks to support from the Google News Initiative, to better listen to our readers about the topics we cover and how we present them. We also foster connections among people through social media, community discussions, and various events. On a national scale, our journalism has received numerous prestigious awards, including several Emmys and a Pulitzer Prize. We have partnered with organizations like the International Center for Journalists, Solutions Journalism Network, and Facebook to create impactful narratives and highlight the stories emerging from the South.

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Don’t be a dirty Santa: environmentally harmful Christmas gifts to avoid – Reckon

Dec 18, 2024 | reckon.news | Christopher Harress

Our obsession with consumption and plastic is not sustainable.
A Supreme Court case about a railway could have widespread impacts on environmental laws

Dec 10, 2024 | reckon.news | Wyatt Myskow

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here.
Explore the world building magic of getting your house in order with Imani At Home

Dec 6, 2024 | reckon.news | Jonece Dunigan

Home: (Noun) The space where one lives permanently. While the dictionary requires a person’s physical presence, Imani Keal believes home means more than just the existence of the body in space. It’s a place where one’s spirit embellishes the walls, ceilings and decor.
How ‘Trad-Wife’ content and unassuming TikTok trends propels the conservative propaganda machine

Dec 5, 2024 | reckon.news | Abbey Crain

I went to college in the heyday of blogging. As an aspiring fashion writer, I mainlined the fashion and “mommy” blogs documenting the everyday lives of women around the country. I even had my own there for a minute. Blogging became vlogging became Instagram diaries and now TikTok “get ready with me’s” and I, like so many others found myself obsessed (unironically) with the day-to-day life of a Morman “mommy blogger” who has recently become the face of modern neo-conservative womanhood.
Mangroves and manatees: Red state climate champions who need your help

Dec 5, 2024 | reckon.news | Christopher Harress

If you care about the environment and believe in climate change, Donald Trump’s looming return to the White House likely feels like catastrophically bad timing. Just last month, the planet hit a grim milestone, breaking another temperature record and heightening the odds of irreversible climate impacts, including extreme weather like hurricanes, droughts, and wildfires.
As DEI efforts fold, exercise the power of your dollar with the Black Joy Christmas advent calendar

Dec 4, 2024 | reckon.news | Jonece Dunigan

The National Retail Federation predicts that each consumer will spend $902 on average on food, gifts, decorations and other seasonal items during the holidays. That’s $25 more than last year and a new record on holiday spending. More than half of that amount is for gifts alone. When we scratch purchases off our to-do lists at grocery stores and shopping centers, it’s important to note that the cash we spend is more than just currency.
Copper and Brass Paper Goods

Dec 4, 2024 | reckon.news | Jonece Dunigan

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Aspiring applicants worry EPA environmental justice grant funding will be rescinded before it’s awarded

Dec 3, 2024 | reckon.news | Kristoffer Tigue |Dennis Pillion |Dylan Baddour |Marianne Lavelle

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here. When a rare tornado swept through the north side of Minneapolis, Michelle Neal scrambled for cover at a fast-food restaurant. “It was unreal—we could have died,” she told Minnesota Public Radio.
This winter forget romance, Gen Z women are building empires of friendship – Reckon

Dec 2, 2024 | reckon.news | Annabel Rocha

While cuffing season traditionally sends singles scrambling for romantic partners during the cold winter months young women are ditching dating apps for friendship pacts – and data shows they might be happier for it.
Ditch Black Friday and embrace Buy Nothing Day

Nov 27, 2024 | reckon.news | Christopher Harress

Did the pilgrims stand in line the night after Thanksgiving to buy half-price beaver pelts from Native Americans? Probably not. But the extinction of beavers on Cape Cod after European colonization might have been a sign of things to come. Fast forward 400 years, and Americans now trample each other to death for doorbuster deals, making our nation the poster child for overconsumption and waste.