Long Reads Archives – Scalawag

Why your new diet is antiblack

by Ko Bragg and Da'Shaun Harrison January 3, 2023January 3, 2023

The author of 'Belly of the Beast' weighs in on racism, fatphobia, and diet culture.

Southern Politics

'A modernized, streamlined incarceration experience.' New prison technology surveils life on both sides of the wall.

by Lyle C. May September 29, 2022December 1, 2022

I grew up against a backdrop of white evangelical power. Florida's new CRT ban means even more Black students will, too.

by Sierra Lyons August 17, 2022August 16, 2022

Longtime Memphis rapper Princess Loko died in obscurity. Will a Beyoncé feature grant her the 'Renaissance' she's overdue?

by Justin A. Davis August 11, 2022August 11, 2022

Southern Politics

Contrary to popular belief, healthcare in prison is far from free. Sometimes, it can cost your life.

by Luci Harrell June 24, 2022November 16, 2022

What the history books won't tell you about abolition

by Gabrielle A. Perry June 24, 2022June 24, 2022

Southern Politics

Virginia was primed to teach Black history. Then the nation's first anti-critical race theory governor took office.

by Sonia Rao June 14, 2022August 16, 2022

Southern Politics

I'm an abortion doula in the Deep South. This is what I want you to know.

by Nzingha H. May 18, 2022November 16, 2022

Incarcerated Muslims in Florida celebrated Eid with limited accommodations

by Anthony Cobb and Khawla Nakua May 2, 2022May 4, 2022

Southern Politics

'Justifiable police homicide' and the ruse of American justice

by Da'Shaun Harrison, Joy James and Samaria Rice March 8, 2022November 16, 2022

Songs for a South underwater

by Sergio Lopez February 11, 2022November 16, 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

The Black opera that stunned America's most segregated stage

by Frances Madeson November 11, 2021November 11, 2021

Southern Politics

Florida's legacy of slow-rolling parole keeps thousands of people behind bars—some, for decades past their eligibility date

by Justin Garcia October 28, 2021March 9, 2022

Southern Politics

New Urbanism sells faux sustainability as a luxury on Florida's 30A

by Ashira Morris October 13, 2021November 16, 2022

Mississippi's childhood lead exposure interventions don't do enough for kids

by Erica Hensley October 5, 2021March 9, 2022

Southern Politics

The incalculable cost of cheap chicken—and the hidden industry that shoulders it

by Tina Vasquez July 20, 2021September 23, 2021

Southern Politics

Qualified Immunity: How 'ordinary police work' tramples civil rights

by Lyle C. May June 23, 2021October 18, 2021

Southern Politics

Prostitution was already illegal in Louisiana. Then Republicans crafted an even more damning law used to target trans sex workers.

by Matt Nadel June 1, 2021April 20, 2022

Southern Politics

In Alamance County, a battle for racial justice confronts a bloody past and an uncertain future

by Carli Brosseau, ProPublica May 28, 2021July 27, 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

Reporter's Notebook: The Power of Proximity

by Ko Bragg February 12, 2021February 12, 2021

Wake County promised to reconsider cops in schools. When they didn't, students took to the streets.

by Courtney Napier January 26, 2021February 2, 2021

'When you come to school, you forfeit your rights'

by Courtney Napier January 19, 2021May 7, 2021

Southern Politics

Court fees and fines make voting near-impossible for ex-felons in Tennessee

by Iliana Hagenah December 22, 2020January 5, 2021

Southern Politics

The obvious solution to Houston's housing crisis: 'Just cease all evictions'

by Sam Russek December 21, 2020August 26, 2021

The media's extractive telling of Appalachia

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

Southern Politics

Dissent in the Pentagon of the South

by Taylor Barnes December 11, 2020December 11, 2020

'Visionary and Pragmatic'—A Black Feminist Guide to Electoral Politics

by Danielle Purifoy October 6, 2020October 6, 2021

As the wood pellet industry grows across the South, Enviva targets Alabama and Mississippi for future expansion

by Danielle Purifoy October 5, 2020October 5, 2020