An Eye Whose Fleet Sings
Both eyelids and eyes are untoward, leaning forward. A leak made waterfall. There's more and more yet none meets the eye.
Over the past few months, we've lost critical funding because we stand in solidarity with the most oppressed. We told the truth. And that makes some people uncomfortable. But we didn't build Scalawag for comfort. We built it for liberation.
Southern politics
North Carolina teachers rally for "a seat at the table"
"There has always been union organizing in the South," Kelly said. "But also, people have been taught to not use the word union and to feel very disconnected from union organizing here in the South."
Arts & Soul
Commentaries on Protection and Safeness
On September 7, 2022, the Central Intelligence Agency published quite the article: Honoring Harriet Tubman: A Symbol of Freedom and an Intelligence Pioneer. How strange.
Race & Place
"A Good Place to Raise a Boy": Masculinity and the Murder of Emmett Till
Coming into Sumner, Mississippi, in 1955, there was a sign that read "Sumner: A Good Place to raise a boy." I am presented with the question: raising a boy to be what? It has been seventy years since the murder of Emmett Till. The question still presents itself: how do we raise boys into the…
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From SXSW to Ticketmaster to Spotify: Musicians organize against industry corporate overlords
Essays & Letters
Surviving Fascism: Lessons from Jim Crow
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