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Scalawag's Race & Place coverage pushes the boundaries of traditional conversations about incarceration, segregation, gentrification, nutrition, migration, liberation, and more. We examine the role and legacy of race in the places that form the South—from porches and penitentiaries, to places of worship and port cities.

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Q&A: Ajamu Dillahunt, long-time civil rights organizer and former USPS union president

by Jonathan Michels September 7, 2020October 1, 2020
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'Imagine not just the end of prisons, but the end of a society that could have prisons'

by Alysia Nicole Harris August 26, 2020November 21, 2023
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Letter from a New Normal: Finding hope in purgatory

by DANTE August 20, 2020November 21, 2023
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Field Notes from the Inside: Women in Florida prisons share glimpses of COVID-19 lockdowns

by MARINA BUENO & BOUDICCA August 18, 2020November 21, 2023
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Too heartbreaking to leave, too expensive to stay. More than 802,000 homes are at risk of climate disaster—mostly in the South.

by Xander Peters August 7, 2020November 21, 2023
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Asheville's 'historic' reparations resolution is not what it seems

by David Forbes July 24, 2020November 12, 2020
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As ICE travel bans target international students, communities resist through care

by Anastasia Kārkliņa July 17, 2020September 27, 2023
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The Remedy: The Costello family's 'next-best thing' spaghetti sauce

by Mike Costello July 14, 2020November 13, 2023
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White food media and the commodification of resistance

by Tunde Wey July 13, 2020September 27, 2023
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The Remedy: Mrs. Betty's macaroni-and-cheese

by Cynthia R. Greenlee July 10, 2020November 13, 2023
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In the quest for abolition, America must learn from Haiti

by Marina Magloire July 6, 2020July 2, 2021
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The Remedy: Grandma Lacey's Cornbread

by Samantha Willis June 30, 2020November 13, 2023
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Filming the end of a town: Environmental racism and abolition

by Alysia Nicole Harris June 29, 2020February 10, 2021
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Justice for Breonna Taylor: Dispatch from Kentucky's March for Black Women's Lives

by Austyn Gaffney June 26, 2020October 27, 2020
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Liberation is a Long Haul: Lessons from Juneteenth

by Jakeya Caruthers June 22, 2020September 27, 2023
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Modern abolition and the lasting truth of change

by Scalawag Editors June 18, 2020April 16, 2021
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Breathing while Black in Mossville, Louisiana

by Danielle Purifoy June 18, 2020September 27, 2023
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The South Hollers 'Black Lives Matter'

by Alysia Nicole Harris June 11, 2020September 27, 2023
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Uncontrolled Images: Documenting Raleigh's Black Revolt

by Jade Wilson June 10, 2020October 1, 2020
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Black businesses disrupt unhealthy food system in Southeast Raleigh

by Courtney Napier June 5, 2020September 27, 2023
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Reckoning with white supremacy: Five fundamentals for white folks

by Lovey Cooper June 1, 2020December 26, 2020
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In their own words: Children rally for justice for Ahmaud Arbery

by Aminata Traore’ May 19, 2020November 13, 2023
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Abolishing parole led to COVID-19 'tinderbox' in NC prisons

by Lyle C. May May 18, 2020October 1, 2020
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A Love Letter to Black Queers in the Rural South

by Darius Scott May 12, 2020November 13, 2023
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The 'Slave Trail of Tears': recreation or reckoning?

by Sammy Feldblum May 11, 2020October 1, 2020
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Young Black Missisippians join May Day protests for workers rights, COVID-19 protections

by Frances Madeson May 6, 2020November 14, 2023
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What happened to New Orleans' Black truck farming culture?

by Xander Peters April 27, 2020September 27, 2023
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Black farmers build their own food scene in Forsyth County, NC

by Tina Vasquez April 24, 2020September 27, 2023
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For Black North Birmingham residents fighting toxic pollution, staying home isn't safe

by Katherine Webb-Hehn April 20, 2020October 1, 2020
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COVID-19: Strategies for workers from organizers and experts

by Lovey Cooper March 31, 2020August 2, 2021

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