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Police & Policing

“Thoughts and prayers without action to prevent tragedy is faith without works.” Southern students speak out on legislation and safety fears.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Young people need power.' Southern students on safety, accountability, and what they need from adults

by Rainesford Stauffer June 7, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Abolition, popular culture, and justice: introducing 'pop justice'

by Ko Bragg June 2, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Q&A: Southern abortion providers on what the media's getting wrong

by Ko Bragg May 27, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

How Louisville photographers are keeping Breonna Taylor in focus

by Anna Blake March 22, 2022November 14, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'Justifiable police homicide' and the ruse of American justice

by Da'Shaun Harrison, Joy James and Samaria Rice March 8, 2022November 14, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

No teacher? Call a cop, says Oklahoma governor

by Destinee Adams February 9, 2022November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Abolition made practical

by Alysia Nicole Harris July 6, 2021July 6, 2021
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Who would want their child to miss everything?'

by Ko Bragg and JS June 25, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

In Alamance County, a battle for racial justice confronts a bloody past and an uncertain future

by Carli Brosseau, ProPublica May 28, 2021July 27, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

How Durham, North Carolina, became the first US city to ban police exchanges with Israel

by Zaina Alsous and Sammy Hanf May 18, 2021November 14, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

He thought he could be a 'good' cop. Now, he's working to end policing as we know it.

by Gabbriel Schivone March 23, 2021March 23, 2021
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Reporter's Notebook: The Power of Proximity

by Ko Bragg February 12, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Wake County promised to reconsider cops in schools. When they didn't, students took to the streets.

by Courtney Napier January 26, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'When you come to school, you forfeit your rights'

by Courtney Napier January 19, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

When God Calls My Name

by Ashley M. Jones January 11, 2021October 4, 2021
Posted inARTS & SOUL

The Mutual Musicians Foundation is fighting the gentrification of Jazz in Kansas City

by Zeb Larson December 8, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

There Goes the Neighborhood: What really caused the decline of 18th & Vine

by Zeb Larson December 8, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

To prevent abhorrent state-run voter suppression and police brutality, look to local action beyond election years

by Anoa Changa November 6, 2020November 6, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Rep. Attica Scott on her protest arrest: 'This is about the police's power, domination, and control over Black bodies'

by Rainesford Stauffer October 2, 2020October 2, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

ICE-detained asylum-seekers on hunger strike amid COVID-19 face solitary confinement

by Frances Madeson September 1, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Birmingham increases police budget by $11.2M despite demands to defund: 'People literally cannot breathe, and it's not because of George Floyd'

by Katherine Webb-Hehn August 31, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

John Lewis fought for equal protection. That means tackling pollution, poverty, and policing.

by YVETTE CABRERA FOR GRIST August 28, 2020November 21, 2023
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Introducing Abolition Week

by Scalawag Team and Scalawag Editors August 17, 2020March 15, 2022
Posted inSCALAWAG UPDATES

(Past) Virtual event—Casting Shadows: the prison in our daily lives

by Scalawag Team August 14, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Alabama wrote the book on Black Lives Matter, but today's challenges to defund police have Freedom Fighters back at the drawing board

by Katherine Webb-Hehn August 14, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

'I hate that thug music.' How 'progressive' music outlets fuel false arrests in the trap scene

by Nicholas Vila Byers August 10, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Asheville's 'historic' reparations resolution is not what it seems

by David Forbes July 24, 2020November 12, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

This North Carolina law lets police keep racism and abuse under wraps

by Antoinette Kerr July 7, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

In the quest for abolition, America must learn from Haiti

by Marina Magloire July 6, 2020July 2, 2021
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Justice for Breonna Taylor: Dispatch from Kentucky's March for Black Women's Lives

by Austyn Gaffney June 26, 2020October 27, 2020

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