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The author, Mira Ugwuadu, posing for a portrait in the months after graduating from high school in Marietta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Funding, education, and safety are at the top of the list of demands to dismantle the youth mental health stigma in Georgia schools.
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In Georgia, we need proactive—not reactive—mental health support in schools

by Mira Ugwuadu September 14, 2023September 14, 2023

For young people in Georgia, funding, education, and safety are at the top of the list of demands to dismantle the stigma around depression and anxiety: "If schools prioritized equitable care, students would not feel the need to suffer in silence."

A wheelchair standing between other chairs in a school classroom. Disabled students are overlooked in the youth mental health crisis. How navigating an impossible system drove one disabled student to activism in their quest for solutions to the youth mental health crisis.
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Young people struggle within a capitalist, ableist system. We can change it.

by Marrow Woods September 14, 2023September 14, 2023
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Young Southerners speak out: Reflections on the youth mental health crisis

by Scalawag Community September 14, 2023September 14, 2023
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These Muslim men are disrupting cycles of homelessness after prison

by Khawla Nakua March 14, 2023March 13, 2023
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Sentenced to Trauma: Inside the volatility and disorder of prison

by Carla J. Simmons November 21, 2022November 21, 2022
The Reverend Kenneth B. Thomas Sr., pastor of Bethesda Worship and Healing Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas, hugs Cory Brigham after ordaining him into the ministry during Sunday service on August 15, 2021. All photos by Terrance Armstard for The Guardian.
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'We've come this far by faith:' Vaccines, religion, and community in Arkansas

by Sandra L. Combs and Terrance Armstard September 21, 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
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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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'We have to evaluate the motives of health care institutions'

by Alysia Nicole Harris September 9, 2021September 21, 2021
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HBCUs are keeping the rest of the South safe

by Alexis Wray April 27, 2021May 20, 2021
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Jackson's water crisis: How you can help

by Tim Majors and Scalawag Editors March 9, 2021September 2, 2022
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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
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Safety looks like full bellies in a pandemic

by Courtney Napier November 30, 2020November 30, 2020
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To prevent abhorrent state-run voter suppression and police brutality, look to local action beyond election years

by Anoa Changa November 6, 2020November 6, 2020
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Schools witness fallout from behavioral health crisis

by Sammy Feldblum December 14, 2017October 27, 2020
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Law enforcement scrambles to offset mental health shortfalls

by Sammy Feldblum December 7, 2017October 27, 2020
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To battle opioids, county turns to better policy and hope

by Sammy Feldblum December 4, 2017October 27, 2020
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Mental health care failing, the economy and opioids deal a crushing blow to many

by Sammy Feldblum November 30, 2017October 27, 2020
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Virginia's new needle exchange law may limit access in hard-hit areas

by Sarah Schwartz November 15, 2017September 16, 2020
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If you've never shot drugs, you ain't got a clue: Steve's story

by Jonathan Michels and Steve Daniels May 25, 2017September 16, 2020
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Harm reduction is compassion, harm reduction is love: Louise's story

by Jonathan Michels May 14, 2017November 16, 2022
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Listen: a drug users' union is reimagining public health in the South

by Kat Bawden May 17, 2016September 16, 2020

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