Rejecting cynical narratives of the South
Somewhere in storage,there's a home video of me as a toddler, barely standing in the driveway of my late grandparent's house. My sister is also in the frame dancing, ever the performer when the camera is rolling. I am toes to heel with her, carefully arranging my index and middle fingers to form a sign, the…
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Southern politics
The Southern Truth About Communism
On April 17—notably, the anniversary of the failed, anti-communist fueled Bay of Pigs Invasion—Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill requiring K-12 public schools to teach students about "the evils and dangers" of communism. According to DeSantis, an anti-communist education is necessary for grade school children and will serve as a deterrent against radicalization later…
Arts & Soul
Rest is Not Resistance, and That is OK
the night my Gramma died. I received a call around 11 p.m. the night my Gramma died. I immediately knew what the buzzing on my nightstand meant for my world from then on. That knowing prevented me from answering the phone. One, I wanted to hold onto my grandmother for one more night. Two, getting…
Race & Place
Hell and High Water: From Gaza to Mississippi
This essay contains images that some may consider distressing. His face haunts me. Through the blur of the rain that splatters his face, I see his short black hair slicked against his olive skin. I see his features contorted, perhaps permanently, in anguish deeper than I hope to ever know. He cries out in a…
Long reads
"Pull up your pants or go to jail!"
Imprisoning Palestine: Zionist colonialism through an abolitionist lens
How 'the shadow of state abandonment' fostered then foiled Young Thug's YSL
Essays & Letters
Why journalists must speak out about Gaza
On grief and sweet potato pie: A holiday meditation
What living through COVID in jail taught me about abolition
In Georgia, we need proactive—not reactive—mental health support in schools
Young people struggle within a capitalist, ableist system. We can change it.
On the execution of my friend, Kelly Gissendaner
In paintings: Life, Death, Carcerality, and the Pursuit of Abolition
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