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Want to beat racism? Stop labeling people as racists, and start asking better questions.

by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva February 7, 2017September 16, 2020
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Will Atlanta protect immigrants and refugees from the Trump administration?

by Ari Bee February 2, 2017September 27, 2023
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The South knows about White backlash. Here's what Reconstruction can teach us about today's crisis.

by David Eil February 1, 2017January 6, 2021
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American values are under attack. Here's how North Carolinians can stand up and fight back.

by Damjan Denoble January 30, 2017September 27, 2023
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How federal prisoners might become Appalachia's new 'black gold'

by Kate Jenkins January 27, 2017September 16, 2020
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Stories from a town built in the face of racist violence

by Danielle Purifoy January 24, 2017September 27, 2023
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What the Moral Monday Movement can teach us about resisting Trump

by Katherine Demby January 20, 2017September 16, 2020
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Kentucky should move forward, not backward, on healthcare access

by Brandi Jones and Mallika Sabharwal January 12, 2017September 16, 2020
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Why is Donald Trump picking Southerners like Rex Tillerson?

by Jordan Schneider January 10, 2017September 16, 2020
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What's changed in Lowndes County, Alabama—and what hasn't

by Danielle Purifoy January 9, 2017September 27, 2023
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Finding places of their own

by Danielle Purifoy January 9, 2017September 27, 2023
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Why are dinosaurs fighting Confederate soldiers in Virginia?

by Collin Whitt January 5, 2017September 16, 2020
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Editorial: Trump and the end of technocracy

by Scalawag Editors December 13, 2016April 16, 2021
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Temper-tantrum politics and North Carolina's irregular governor's race

by Sammy Feldblum December 5, 2016September 16, 2020
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Which Civil War will Richmond choose to remember?

by Michael Fraade December 1, 2016September 27, 2023
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When bad-faith politics come to Durham

by Sammy Feldblum November 22, 2016September 16, 2020
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The usual writing is no longer enough

by Matt Whitt November 11, 2016November 13, 2023
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What would it really mean to have a woman as the U.S. President?

by Sarah Bufkin November 8, 2016December 3, 2020
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Scalawag's coverage of Election Day 2016

by Sammy Feldblum, Chad Nance, Michael Schulson, Evan Walker-Wells and Jesse Williams November 8, 2016September 16, 2020
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This governor wants to take over 'failing' public schools and turn them into charters

by Allie McCullen and Anna Simonton November 3, 2016November 13, 2023
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Princeville is worth fighting for

by Rachel Gorman October 28, 2016September 27, 2023
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Drowned animals, runaway waste on North Carolina farms in Matthew's wake

by Christina Cooke October 24, 2016September 27, 2023
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Who gets to be remembered in Chapel Hill?

by Jonathan Michels October 8, 2016December 3, 2020
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Who wins when festival season comes to Durham?

by Sammy Feldblum September 30, 2016September 16, 2020
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By the numbers: Charlotte's changing schools

by Amy Hawn Nelson and Justin T. Lane September 14, 2016November 13, 2023
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An epilogue—for now

by Danielle Purifoy September 8, 2016September 27, 2023
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Where do the police come from?

by Neal Shirley and Saralee Stafford September 7, 2016September 16, 2020
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Looking for truth and family at a Southern university

by Edith Dunlap September 3, 2016November 13, 2023
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Clemson University has a John C. Calhoun problem

by Jonathan Beecher Field August 30, 2016November 13, 2023
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Community organizing mattered around Mebane—but the struggle isn't over

by Danielle Purifoy August 27, 2016September 27, 2023

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