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Scalawag's Race & Place coverage pushes the boundaries of traditional conversations about incarceration, segregation, gentrification, nutrition, migration, liberation, and more. We examine the role and legacy of race in the places that form the Southโ€”from porches and penitentiaries, to places of worship and port cities.

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The number of women in U.S. prisons is skyrocketing, but little data exists about their experiences.

by Chloe Craig August 25, 2022December 4, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

I grew up against a backdrop of white evangelical power. Florida's new CRT ban means even more Black students will, too.

by Sierra Lyons August 17, 2022December 5, 2023
Memphis rapper Princess Loko's posthumous feature on "Renaissance" asks us to reckon with living on the margins in a surveillance state.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Longtime Memphis rapper Princess Loko died in obscurity. Will a Beyoncรฉ feature grant her the 'Renaissance' she's overdue?

by Justin A. Davis August 11, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Black elders saved this couple's Mississippi farm. Now they're harvesting ancestral techniquesโ€”and tomatoes

by Erica Hensley and Teresa Ervin-Springs August 3, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

White reporters: It's time to pop your parachute and share your byline

by Erica Hensley August 3, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

What the history books won't tell you about abolition

by Gabrielle A. Perry June 24, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

The abolitionist podcast that reveals how little you know about prison

by Alysia Nicole Harris June 23, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

'Impact of an Icon': Grieving Young Dolph in South Memphis

by Dorian Record June 22, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Hooked on Copaganda: What CoComelon actually teaches kids about police

by Bunny McFadden June 22, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'An unmanned, evil environment': Ashley Diamond and other trans women on life inside prison

by Ashley Diamond June 21, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

'I'll never have closure.' What TV gets wrong about having a dad in prison.

by Jordan Gass-Poorรฉ June 20, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

I was on The First 48. Your true-crime obsession is based on lies.

by Demetrius Buckley June 20, 2022December 5, 2023
โ€œThoughts and prayers without action to prevent tragedy is faith without works.โ€ Southern students speak out on legislation and safety fears.
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'Young people need power.' Southern students on safety, accountability, and what they need from adults

by Rainesford Stauffer June 7, 2022December 5, 2023
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Abolition, popular culture, and justice: introducing 'pop justice'

by Ko Bragg June 2, 2022December 5, 2023
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Mildred's Mississippi: 'Roll of Thunder' as a love letter home

by Adria R. Walker May 24, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Incarcerated Muslims in Florida celebrated Eid with limited accommodations

by Anthony Cobb and Khawla Nakua May 2, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Treva Lindsay and Melissa Harris-Perry on misogynoir, poverty, and violence

by Courtney Napier April 25, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Left to hold my grief alone.' Grieving platonic love in a culture of romantic domination.

by Sherronda J. Brown April 7, 2022November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Bilingual in sarcasm y solidaridad

by Alex Temblador March 29, 2022September 27, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

How Louisville photographers are keeping Breonna Taylor in focus

by Anna Blake March 22, 2022November 14, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

A queer and in-color geography: From Mumbai to West Virginia

by Anjali Enjeti March 3, 2022March 4, 2022
Incoming students at Morehouse, a Historically Black college in Atlanta, Georgia, walk past a mural depicting Black history on their way to New Student Orientation 2021. Credit: Photo via Morehouse College on Facebook.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'Who keeps us safe?' An HBCU roundtable on violence and accountability

by Ko Bragg, Adam Harris, Da'Shaun Harrison, Noella Williams and Alexis Wray February 25, 2022November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Life and Death in Strawberry Land

by Autumn Fourkiller February 14, 2022November 13, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Songs for a South underwater

by Sergio Lopez February 11, 2022September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Exploring the solar system through Indigenous winter solstice traditions

by Rosalyn R. LaPier, The Conversation December 20, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Salt, Soil, & Supper: Amending Florida's constitution to save its waterways

by Xander Peters December 8, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

New Orleans has a trash problem. Thanks to climate change, your city probably will, too.

by Drew Hawkins December 3, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Salt, Soil, & Supper: New Orleans, plural

by Xander Peters December 1, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

The longest-running Indigenous radio show in Texas

by Pauly Denetclaw, Texas Observer October 19, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Requiem for the longleaf pine

by Xander Peters October 6, 2021October 6, 2021

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