Economy & Class Archives – Scalawag

This Durham trio wants you to pay Black farmers

by Kyesha Jennings November 16, 2020November 17, 2020

COVID-19 woes spark fresh business for North Carolina's Black farmers. Tall Grass Food Box serves collards and Black agriculture.

After two devastating hurricanes, southwest Louisiana worries the rest of the country has already moved on

by Xander Peters November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

'I'm Black. I'm a mom. I'm mad.'

by Lanier Isom September 21, 2020September 22, 2020

Lessons from rural communities in the crusade to save the USPS

by Alicia Carter & Haley France September 8, 2020October 1, 2020

After coal and COVID-19, Appalachia needs more than a one-time check. Universal Basic Income could be next.

by Laura Harbert Allen August 4, 2020September 16, 2020

Asheville's 'historic' reparations resolution is not what it seems

by David Forbes July 24, 2020November 12, 2020

The end of austerity? How COVID-19 could enable real policy change

by Michael Cooper July 20, 2020September 16, 2020

As ICE travel bans target international students, communities resist through care

by Anastasia Kārkliņa July 17, 2020October 1, 2020

Defunding police: Atlanta shows politicians' promises don't equal change

by Anna Simonton June 9, 2020September 16, 2020

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

by Katie Myers May 22, 2020September 16, 2020

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

by Alysia Harris April 9, 2020September 16, 2020

How Louisiana's oil and gas industry uses prison labor

by Carly Berlin March 24, 2020October 27, 2020

Neighbors helping neighbors: a list of coronavirus mutual aid efforts in the South

by Carly Berlin March 20, 2020October 1, 2020

Food, power, and place in Northwest Arkansas

by Olivia Paschal January 6, 2020December 3, 2020

Out of the fields: In a North Carolina county where few Latino parents have diplomas, their kids are aiming for college

by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019September 16, 2020

Hope in the rural South: Black students combat segregation, poverty and dwindling school funding

by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019September 16, 2020

Hope in coal country: Parents without diplomas keep their kids in school

by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019September 16, 2020

The Story of John H. Merrick and the Largest Black Life Insurance Company in the U.S.

by Imari Scarbrough July 22, 2019September 16, 2020

Could a Universal Basic Income Solve Appalachia's Post-coal Poverty?

by Lovey Cooper and Liz Price February 11, 2019October 9, 2020

Under the cover of darkness

by A.D. Carson November 26, 2018October 1, 2020

In photos: Vine City through a lens

by C. Rose Smith October 15, 2018October 1, 2020

Fighting racism with community and craft beer

by Dolores Chandler September 3, 2018September 16, 2020

Property, poverty, and aerosol: Street art's impact on Richmond

by Lauren Francis August 2, 2018December 3, 2020

From Georgia to North Korea, communities are fighting nuclear industries

by Gabrielle Hernandez July 11, 2018October 27, 2020

SNAP trap

by Joel Dillard May 17, 2018September 16, 2020

The price of cheap: Bryant Simon's "The Hamlet Fire"

by Sammy Feldblum April 17, 2018September 16, 2020

Amazon could speed up displacement in Atlanta

by Gabrielle Hernandez February 22, 2018October 1, 2020

Imagining another world in post-Irma Florida

by Lewis Raven Wallace October 19, 2017September 16, 2020

Poverty, justice, and education in Roanoke, Virginia

by Mason Adams October 17, 2017September 16, 2020

New Orleans activists raise heat on raising wages

by Jasmin Mara Lopez October 10, 2017September 16, 2020