Journalism Archives – Scalawag

Scalawag Updates

Ending white supremacist violence will take all of us

by Cierra Hinton March 19, 2021March 19, 2021

A letter from Scalawag's Executive Director-Publisher: White supremacy is the reason that six Asian women and two others were murdered in Atlanta this week. It is the reason that Flint and Jackson don't have clean water. It is the reason Texas was without power during a deadly winter storm. It is the reason George Floyd […]

White tears will never be the solution

by Matt Hartman March 19, 2021April 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

Southern Politics

What the Capitol riots show us about the white illusion of civility

by Lovey Cooper and Katherine Webb-Hehn January 15, 2021January 15, 2021

Scalawag Updates

It's time we abolish the Fourth Estate

by Cierra Hinton January 15, 2021

'A democracy we didn't achieve 50 years ago'

by Alice Driver January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

Behind the scenes in Black Appalachia

by Crystal Good December 23, 2020December 23, 2020

Southern Politics

To shift the media narrative about the South, we have to rebuild it altogether

by Anoa Changa December 17, 2020December 17, 2020

Southern Politics

'If I asked my family to get rid of a bumper sticker, they would tell me to quit my job.'

by Iliana Hagenah December 17, 2020December 17, 2020

Southern Politics

I ran from my church after Trayvon Martin's murder—but not from my religion

by Courtney Napier December 17, 2020December 18, 2020

Southern Politics

In plain words: Making sense of election results and news coverage

by Lovey Cooper November 4, 2020November 4, 2020

Southern Politics

Black disillusionment is real, but Black liberation is possible

by Lovey Cooper and Courtney Napier October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Don't discount the majority of your state: Reaching rural Southern voters

by Lovey Cooper and Courtney Napier October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Black voting rights experts weigh in on disinformation: We've got your back

by Lovey Cooper and Courtney Napier October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Free the press in prisons, too

by Lyle May June 15, 2020September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

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

by Katie Myers May 22, 2020September 16, 2020

Scalawag Updates

Scalawag, narrow victories, and the march forward

by Evan Walker-Wells April 20, 2018October 1, 2020

Scalawag Updates

Important message about a former Scalawag editor

by Scalawag April 2, 2018October 1, 2020

Southern Politics

Telling tales: How the media fails Appalachia

by R. Garringer March 22, 2018December 3, 2020

Southern Politics

Editorial: We're talking about white supremacy and anti-Blackness (and you should too)

by Scalawag November 2, 2017December 3, 2020

Southern Politics

Announcing Scalawag's combating white supremacy initiative

by Scalawag November 2, 2017September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Why the South needs movement journalism

by Anna Simonton August 24, 2017September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Editorial: Resistance lives in the South

by Scalawag August 10, 2017September 16, 2020