Kentucky Archives – Scalawag

'Young people need power.' Southern students on safety, accountability, and what they need from adults

by Rainesford Stauffer June 7, 2022August 16, 2022

"Do something. Pass legislation. 'Thoughts and prayers' without action to prevent tragedy is faith without works."

How Louisville photographers are keeping Breonna Taylor in focus

by Anna Blake March 22, 2022March 21, 2022

A granddaughter's gratitude

by Andrea Morales, MLK50 January 4, 2022January 3, 2022

Southern Politics

Without paid leave, the South's COVID school policies cause a terrible trickle down for families

by Rainesford Stauffer November 18, 2021March 9, 2022

In Appalachia, the face of addiction is white—and so is the story of recovery

by Crystal Good February 26, 2021April 6, 2021

The media's extractive telling of Appalachia

by R. Garringer December 15, 2020January 5, 2021

From Appalachia to Outer Space: The beauty and the limits of perspective in Portraits & Dreams

by Kim Kobersmith December 7, 2020December 7, 2020

Southern Politics

Rep. Attica Scott on her protest arrest: 'This is about the police's power, domination, and control over Black bodies'

by Rainesford Stauffer October 2, 2020October 2, 2020

Justice for Breonna Taylor: Dispatch from Kentucky's March for Black Women's Lives

by Austyn Gaffney June 26, 2020October 27, 2020

Ballad of a Land Man: Kentucky theatre takes on fracking

by Kim Kobersmith June 3, 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

Southern Politics

'Working sick'—Kentucky miners fight black lung regulations

by Austyn Gaffney March 2, 2020September 16, 2020

Nuclear waste in Paducah, Kentucky poses extra threat to region facing historic flooding

by Austyn Gaffney December 4, 2019November 2, 2020

Southern Politics

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

by Meredith Kolodner October 21, 2019September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

'You will die of old age. I will die of climate change.'

by Austyn Gaffney September 30, 2019September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Video: In their own words, why Kentucky miners are blocking a coal train

by Shaylan Clark & Oakley Fugate August 12, 2019September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

"We fight for what's right and we fix what's wrong": Voices from Kentucky's Poor People's Campaign

by Austyn Gaffney July 2, 2018September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Fed up Kentucky teachers aim to oust conniving officials

by ivy Brashear April 24, 2018September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

"Jeanette's Law" could help victims of domestic violence in Kentucky

by Austyn Gaffney April 23, 2018September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

Kentucky's rural water disaster could get worse before it gets better

by Lyndsey Gilpin March 20, 2018September 16, 2020

Southern Politics

A Republican backup plan for killing Obamacare

by Austyn Gaffney November 20, 2017September 16, 2020

Photo essay: There is love in Louisville

by David Flores and Ellen Hagan July 20, 2017December 3, 2020

Southern Politics

How federal prisoners might become Appalachia's new 'black gold'

by Kate Jenkins January 27, 2017September 16, 2020

Two poems: Ohio River & Border State of Denial

by Jeremy Michael Clark January 25, 2017December 3, 2020

Southern Politics

Kentucky should move forward, not backward, on healthcare access

by Brandi Jones and Mallika Sabharwal January 12, 2017September 16, 2020