Oxford American # 129, Summer 2025

THE Y’ALL STREET ISSUE


Introduction: Welcome to Y’all Street
On the tension between business and the humanities
By Frederick McKindra

Fraying Ties: How Louisiana’s Shrimpers Fight to Survive
Louisiana’s Shrimp and Petroleum Festival at eighty-nine
By Ned Randolph

Atomic No. 1: Inside Houston’s Contested Hydrogen Future
The promise and the pitfalls of the Gulf Coast’s bet on hydrogen
By Keaton Peters

The Delta-8 Blues: The THC Industry in Tennessee Faces Crisis
Hemp-derived cannabinoids got the South high—and now that is going to change
By Baynard Woods

The Tangled Past and Unsettled Future of Greyhound Racing in West Virginia
In the home of America’s last active tracks, tradition and uncertainty run neck and neck
By Michelle Orange

Inside the Dollar General Workers’ Fight for Safety and Fair Pay
These Louisianans are organizing to transform the stores their communities rely on
By Katie Jane Fernelius

The Costs of Eternity: Germany’s Post-Coal Prophecy for Appalachia
What can central Appalachia learn from the Ruhr’s transformation?
By Jarred Johnson

How Contract Poultry Farmers Are Transitioning to New, Profitable Ventures
Sustainable farming models offer an escape route for getting out of the chicken business
By Chris Pomorski

The Legacy of Rock Hill, SC’s Bleachery
How the Bleachery impacted labor, family, and the local community
By Darren E. Grem

At Moon’s Tree Farm, Innovation Is a Family Tradition
Inside a thriving family-owned tree nursery in Georgia
By C. J. Bartunek



ART & PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Zora J Murff, Selina Román, Marianna T. Olague, Rashid Johnson, Keaton Peters, Ben Pier, Clare Menck, glindsay65 via Flickr, Danial Ryan, Rita Harper, Dane Rhys, Francesco Casalbordino, Michael Northrup, Barbara Diener, Maxine Helfman, Sarah Anne Johnson, C. J. Bartunek

COVER: Two In The Hand, archival pigment print by Zora J Murff. Courtesy the artist