Rebekah Barber is a staff writer at NPQ. Prior to coming to NPQ, she was an inaugural Frances Ellen Watkins Harper editor at The 19th News. She was also a writer at Facing South, the online magazine for the Institute for Southern Studies. Her work has also been featured in The Nation, Truthout, The Appeal and other outlets. She has degrees in English and history from North Carolina Central University and a Master of Public Policy degree from Duke University.