Southern Politics Archives – Page 2 of 13 – Scalawag

Meet five Black and Brown Southerners running for office to change the system

by Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza June 2, 2020September 16, 2020

Medicare for All, de-gentrification, abortion access, ending cash bail, and straight up socialism. We take a look at electoral campaigns that offer some much needed hope right now.

What you need to know about the new prosecutor on the Ahmaud Arbery case

by Rory Fleming June 1, 2020September 16, 2020

HIV test sites challenged by COVID-19 restrictions in Baton Rouge

by Alexander Charles Adams May 29, 2020September 16, 2020

Pay the Players: Racial equity and recognition in the NCAA

by Daniel Johnson May 26, 2020September 16, 2020

Memorial Day and weaponizing the American flag

by Jedediah Purdy May 25, 2020September 16, 2020

Dear national media, Southerners on unemployment aren’t living high on the hog

by Katie Myers May 22, 2020September 16, 2020

Without visits or confidential calls, Louisiana prisoners can’t access legal help

by Katie Fernelius May 8, 2020September 16, 2020

North Carolina officials are ignoring a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women

by Antoinette Kerr May 5, 2020September 16, 2020

How the right to vote became a weapon of exclusion

by Andrew Dilts May 4, 2020September 16, 2020

‘Essential, Not Expendable’—Child care workers on the frontlines of COVID-19

by Stell Simonton May 1, 2020September 16, 2020

Six Appalachian states did not expand Medicaid. Their free clinics are bearing the burden of COVID-19.

by Taylor Sisk April 28, 2020September 16, 2020

How Georgia’s governor is quietly obstructing criminal justice reform

by Rory Fleming April 13, 2020September 16, 2020

Profit over people: Inside an Appalachian struggle to save rural healthcare

by Katie Myers April 10, 2020September 16, 2020

Rent Strikes & Beyond: Housing strategies that work for the South

by Alysia Harris April 9, 2020September 16, 2020

Rent Strikes & Beyond: Understanding eviction laws in the South

by Alysia Harris April 8, 2020September 16, 2020

‘We don’t want to die here.’ Detained immigrants protest amid pandemic

by Carly Berlin April 6, 2020September 16, 2020

COVID-19: An extensive—and growing—list of political demands in the South

by Danielle Purifoy April 3, 2020September 16, 2020

Op-ed: Stay-at-home policy isn’t effective without economic security and education

by Quran Karriem, Quisha Mallette, & Lewis Wallace March 27, 2020September 16, 2020

How Louisiana’s oil and gas industry uses prison labor

by Carly Berlin March 24, 2020September 16, 2020

This election season, Florida’s people’s assemblies focus on building a true democracy

by Eli Day March 17, 2020September 16, 2020

Detainment centers are not equipped to handle the coronavirus, experts say

by Anna Simonton March 16, 2020September 16, 2020

Community takes down neo-Nazis and slumlords in rural Tennessee

by Katie Myers March 9, 2020September 16, 2020

In the wake of Tennessee’s tornadoes, some ways to send and receive aid—and things to avoid

by Lovey Cooper March 6, 2020September 16, 2020

NC workers making sub-minimum wage could get a boost on Super Tuesday

by Anna Simonton March 3, 2020September 16, 2020

‘Working sick’—Kentucky miners fight black lung regulations

by Austyn Gaffney March 2, 2020September 16, 2020

North Carolina’s hog industry could turn a corner—for better or worse

by Ryke Longest February 28, 2020September 16, 2020

Who was Oliver Harvey?

by Alicia Sun and Isabella Arbelaez February 24, 2020September 16, 2020

Gulf South communities say climate justice requires new economic systems

by Emily Carmichael February 11, 2020September 16, 2020

“If we can dismantle patriarchy and capitalism, we might be onto something”

by Gabrielle Hernandez January 28, 2020September 16, 2020

Mold, foundation cracks, sinking houses: How a Florida Habitat for Humanity neighborhood fell apart

by Imani J. Jackson January 15, 2020September 16, 2020