Arts & Soul Archives – Scalawag

In the soil, in the sound: Houston's Jamal Cyrus gets to the root of Southern Black aesthetics

by Alysia Nicole Harris November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

Houston-based visual artist Jamal Cyrus' first career-survey exhibition 'The End of My Beginning' comes to the Mississippi Museum of Art, showcasing his decadeslong exploration into the aesthetics of Black radical expression.

Bookmobiles to the rescue

by Leticia Urieta September 20, 2022September 21, 2022

How to do away with copaganda: Three Emmy-nominated shows to watch with an abolitionist lens

by Kaitlin Fontana, Rebecca Bodenheimer and Naa Djama Attoh-Okine September 16, 2022September 16, 2022

'beyond a better hell' / talking to ghosts: a mixtap/e/ssay

by A.D. Carson September 9, 2022September 9, 2022

Netflix's 'Spiderhead' forgets that the truth about prisons is stranger than sci-fi

by Siona Peterous September 2, 2022September 2, 2022

'The imaginary line in the sand': Texas artist's installation challenges U.S.-Mexico border

by mónica teresa ortiz August 30, 2022August 30, 2022

Longtime Memphis rapper Princess Loko died in obscurity. Will a Beyoncé feature grant her the 'Renaissance' she's overdue?

by Justin A. Davis August 11, 2022August 11, 2022

Out of the Shadows: The Queer Life of Artist Beauford Delaney

by Tyra A. Seals June 29, 2022November 16, 2022

Scalawag Updates

Read, Watch, Listen, Do: An Abolitionist Media Guide

by Scalawag Editors June 23, 2022June 26, 2022

The abolitionist podcast that reveals how little you know about prison

by Alysia Nicole Harris June 23, 2022November 30, 2022

'I don't want people to judge me by the music that I rap.' How RICO threatens freedom of speech

by Lil Mobb June 22, 2022June 22, 2022

'Impact of an Icon': Grieving Young Dolph in South Memphis

by Dorian Record June 22, 2022June 22, 2022

Hooked on Copaganda: What CoComelon actually teaches kids about police

by Bunny McFadden June 22, 2022November 30, 2022

Southern Politics

This couple wants you to know that conjugal visits are only legal in 4 states

by Steve Higginbotham & Jordana Rosenfeld June 21, 2022June 21, 2022

'I'll never have closure.' What TV gets wrong about having a dad in prison.

by Jordan Gass-Pooré June 20, 2022November 16, 2022

I was on The First 48. Your true-crime obsession is based on lies.

by Demetrius Buckley June 20, 2022November 16, 2022

Mildred's Mississippi: 'Roll of Thunder' as a love letter home

by Adria R. Walker May 24, 2022May 23, 2022

Getting 'Candid' with rapper Ivy Sole

by Taylor Hosking May 10, 2022May 10, 2022

Treva Lindsay and Melissa Harris-Perry on misogynoir, poverty, and violence

by Courtney Napier April 25, 2022April 25, 2022

Poetry & Playlists, Mix 04: Alive & Full

by Aurielle Lucier April 22, 2022November 30, 2022

Poetry & Playlists, Mix 03: The Spaces Between

by mónica teresa ortiz April 15, 2022April 21, 2022

Poetry & Playlists, Mix 02: Rituals

by Alysia Nicole Harris April 8, 2022April 21, 2022

Poetry & Playlists, Mix 01: The Intro

by Scalawag Editors April 1, 2022April 21, 2022

Bilingual in sarcasm y solidaridad

by Alex Temblador March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

How Louisville photographers are keeping Breonna Taylor in focus

by Anna Blake March 22, 2022November 16, 2022

A queer and in-color geography: From Mumbai to West Virginia

by Anjali Enjeti March 3, 2022March 4, 2022

Songs for a South underwater

by Sergio Lopez February 11, 2022November 16, 2022

'All my people come from the hills'

by Alysia Nicole Harris January 25, 2022April 7, 2022

A granddaughter's gratitude

by Andrea Morales, MLK50 January 4, 2022January 3, 2022

How radical feminist politics shaped one of ATL's most beloved neighborhoods

by Neesha Powell-Ingabire December 28, 2021January 19, 2022