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New Urbanism sells faux sustainability as a luxury on Florida's 30A

by Ashira Morris October 13, 2021October 13, 2021

The Florida beach highway that highlights how money, sustainability, and survivability intersect as the climate crisis unfolds.

Mississippi's childhood lead exposure interventions don't do enough for kids

by Erica Hensley October 5, 2021October 6, 2021

Volunteers with Southern Solidarity's New York team pause for a photo while handing out supplies to the city's unhoused folks.

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Homelessness and eviction have always been public health crises. The pandemic made them even more deadly.

by Sarah Glen September 13, 2021September 21, 2021

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Overdose deaths are reaching record highs in the South as COVID vaccines take priority

by Lovey Cooper September 10, 2021September 21, 2021

Breaking Through COVID: What data can't tell about the South's vaccine rates

by Scalawag Editors and Scalawag Team September 9, 2021September 21, 2021

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A principal leaves his beloved school after an intense year

by Katy Reckdahl and The Hechinger Report August 24, 2021August 24, 2021

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In Florida, protesting can cost you your right to vote

by Sierra Lyons August 11, 2021August 11, 2021

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'A lifetime of damage' on a creosote plume in Houston's Fifth Ward

by Xander Peters August 3, 2021August 2, 2021

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The incalculable cost of cheap chicken—and the hidden industry that shoulders it

by Tina Vasquez July 20, 2021September 23, 2021

Abolition made practical

by Alysia Harris July 6, 2021July 6, 2021

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Qualified Immunity: How 'ordinary police work' tramples civil rights

by Lyle C. May June 23, 2021October 7, 2021

Two letters from North Carolina prisons make the same demands—45 years apart.

by Anne C. Willett & A.L. Harris June 22, 2021June 23, 2021

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Prostitution was already illegal in Louisiana. Then Republicans crafted an even more damning law used to target trans sex workers.

by Matt Nadel June 1, 2021July 21, 2021

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In Alamance County, a battle for racial justice confronts a bloody past and an uncertain future

by Carli Brosseau, ProPublica May 28, 2021July 27, 2021

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How Durham, North Carolina, became the first US city to ban police exchanges with Israel

by Zaina Alsous and Sammy Hanf May 18, 2021May 18, 2021

To the other 98%: Lessons from the nation's Black male educators

by Letrell Harris & Horace Ryans May 14, 2021May 14, 2021

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Meet the 5 women uprooting white beauty standards and white supremacy in West Virginia

by Crystal Good May 11, 2021May 12, 2021

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Bad medicine in Louisiana prisons

by Alexander Charles Adams May 5, 2021May 5, 2021

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The BAmazon Loss and the Road Ahead

by Joe DeManuelle-Hall, Labor Notes April 16, 2021April 16, 2021

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The Jewish South is Black, too

by Nic Yeager April 2, 2021April 2, 2021

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He thought he could be a 'good' cop. Now, he's working to end policing as we know it.

by Gabbriel Schivone March 23, 2021March 23, 2021

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In Arkansas, falling behind on rent could mean jail time

by Maya Miller & Ellis Simani, ProPublica; & Benjamin Hardy, Arkansas Nonprofit News Network March 22, 2021March 26, 2021

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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

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The majority of Alabamians want Medicaid expansion

by Katherine Webb-Hehn March 15, 2021March 29, 2021

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The Southern Tenant Union Playbook

by Sam Russek March 12, 2021March 15, 2021

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Jackson's water crisis: How you can help

by Tim Majors and Scalawag Editors March 9, 2021March 9, 2021

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Texas' oldest Black university was built on a former plantation. Its students still fight a legacy of voter suppression.

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune March 1, 2021March 1, 2021

We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes

by Anoa Changa February 24, 2021March 3, 2021

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How a Black and Latinx coalition turned utilities back on in LaGrange

by Lewis Raven Wallace February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

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A new administration still leaves Southern abortion funders with political and cultural barriers

by Clare Busch February 9, 2021February 11, 2021