Astrodome Feb 23, 2001
Even when the song competes my cotton candy pink regale keeps up the sugar stays The airs gone on the latest train to Georgia.
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
"The day of his murder is very much still alive": José Felan shares his story from the George Floyd uprisings
What happened to George Floyd can happen to anyone. The government, ICE, police, Border Patrol, etc., operate on a system of random selection. Today it happened to me, tomorrow it may happen to you. This is why it is very important to get involved. Every voice matters.
Arts & Soul
Hurricane Season
Dear bayou with the hill-topped hissing grass, dear bayou beyond the church, the bald flowers, the ant hills, and all the green lacewings mocking my curl pattern, my fuss and envy: enrage me, undo my skin from its fantasy of unit.
Race & Place
Beyond the Pavement: Inside Texas's unincorporated colonias
Pastor Mendoza has gone to court to push for paved streets. The work still hasn't happened. He puts the high stakes in stark terms, recounting that a sick boy died before an ambulance could reach him about a year ago, delayed by the conditions of the roads. Still, Mendoza clings to an optimistic long view,…
Essays & Letters
Surviving Fascism: Lessons from Jim Crow
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