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Katherine Webb-Hehn

Katherine Webb-Hehn is a mama, multi-media journalist and artist in Birmingham, Alabama. Katherine is Scalawag's former State Politics editor.

"What Things Cost: An anthology for the people." Edited by Rebecca Gayle Howell, Ashley M. Jones and Emily J. Jalloul. Published by The University Press of Kentucky.
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An anthology for people over capitalism

by Katherine Webb-Hehn July 19, 2023July 19, 2023

The first collection of labor writing in nearly a century, 'What Things Cost: An Anthology for the People' arrives right on time: "These poems are a beginning, a way into the worlds of others' laboring lives to see how we need to be set free."

Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Alabama taxpayers have paid $4 billion toward a policy that Governor Ivey refuses to bring home

by Katherine Webb-Hehn March 16, 2021March 29, 2021
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

The majority of Alabamians want Medicaid expansion

by Katherine Webb-Hehn March 15, 2021March 29, 2021
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

What the Capitol riots show us about the white illusion of civility

by Lovey Cooper and Katherine Webb-Hehn January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

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, 2020January 21, 2021
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

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, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

For Black North Birmingham residents fighting toxic pollution, staying home isn't safe

by Katherine Webb-Hehn April 20, 2020October 1, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

A parachute-reporter's 10-step cheat sheet for covering the South

by Katherine Webb-Hehn January 6, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Appalachia is transitioning from coal. Here's what the region could learn from Germany.

by Katherine Webb-Hehn October 16, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Can You Imagine People Ignoring All This If We Were White?'

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 30, 2019November 2, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Residents of an Alabama superfund site say it's not their responsibility to be watchdogs

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 2, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Toothless, cousin loving

by Katherine Webb-Hehn July 15, 2019December 3, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Dangerous conditions may exist in this area

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 24, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

How environmental justice is shaping a new civil rights movement in the South

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 10, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

"Brooklynization" my ass

by Katherine Webb-Hehn May 27, 2019October 20, 2022
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Forever family: Lesbian foster parents on a journey to adopt in the Bible Belt

by Katherine Webb-Hehn December 17, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Saving Climate Changelandia

by Katherine Webb-Hehn December 12, 2018September 27, 2023
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Alabama may have solutions to the nation's Black maternal health crisis

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 24, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Midwifery makes a comeback in Alabama

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 3, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Alabama's Republican women might still make history

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 5, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Horrific conditions in some Alabama daycares will finally change with new law

by Katherine Webb-Hehn April 9, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Meet the Glasscos: Lesbian foster parents in the Bible Belt

by Katherine Webb-Hehn January 30, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

How Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama

by Katherine Webb-Hehn December 12, 2017September 16, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Christians could swing Alabama's senate election

by Katherine Webb-Hehn November 27, 2017September 16, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

The purple tide in Alabama politics

by Katherine Webb-Hehn August 15, 2017September 16, 2020

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