Higher Education Archives – Scalawag

The number of women in U.S. prisons is skyrocketing, but little data exists about their experiences.

by Chloe Craig August 25, 2022August 26, 2022

Almost all of the data that exists about prison is based on the experiences of men.

Incoming students at Morehouse, a Historically Black college in Atlanta, Georgia, walk past a mural depicting Black history on their way to New Student Orientation 2021. Credit: Photo via Morehouse College on Facebook.

Southern Politics

'Who keeps us safe?' An HBCU roundtable on violence and accountability

by Ko Bragg, Adam Harris, Da'Shaun Harrison, Noella Williams and Alexis Wray February 25, 2022March 9, 2022

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

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

HBCUs are keeping the rest of the South safe

by Alexis Wray April 27, 2021May 20, 2021

Southern Politics

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

Southern Politics

Student journalists at an HBCU campus newspaper took on racist local media—and won

by Alexis Wray February 2, 2021March 23, 2021

In Photos: When we couldn't come home

by Philip Harris November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

Labor organizing from the Olympic podium

by Hannah Borenstein October 9, 2020August 11, 2021

Southern Politics

Exposed: UNC pledged neo-confederates $2.5 mil for monument

by L’Erin Jensen July 21, 2020September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Pay the Players: Racial equity and recognition in the NCAA

by Daniel Johnson May 26, 2020September 16, 2020

Who was Oliver Harvey?

by Alicia Sun and Isabella Arbelaez February 24, 2020February 3, 2021

Southern Politics

In spite of victory on the field, NCAA football players continue to fight off the field to receive their due

by Daniel Johnson January 14, 2020September 16, 2020

Prison officials cut off higher education for people on North Carolina's Death Row

by Lyle C. May October 28, 2019October 1, 2020

Southern Politics

#NotKeisha: Spelman students protest Atlanta mayor as commencement speaker

by Ko Bragg May 6, 2019September 16, 2020

Two poems: "University of Georgia Dorm" and "Dive Bar Sundays"

by Rupert Fike October 18, 2017December 3, 2020

Southern Politics

Is Tennessee for sale?

by Hayley Brundige January 3, 2016September 16, 2020