Migration & Immigration Archives – Scalawag

You're swamped? Join the club.

by Ko Bragg and Virginia Walcott September 17, 2021September 22, 2021

Climate change is coming for all of us. What the people of the Gulf South need is solidarity, not thoughts or prayers—and certainly not your emails.

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

by Tina Vasquez July 20, 2021September 23, 2021

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

by Sam Russek December 21, 2020August 26, 2021

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'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

The Mutual Musicians Foundation is fighting the gentrification of Jazz in Kansas City

by Zeb Larson December 8, 2020December 9, 2020

There Goes the Neighborhood: What really caused the decline of 18th & Vine

by Zeb Larson December 8, 2020December 9, 2020

Doctor who performed hysterectomies on ICE detainees 'operated by a different set of rules' in rural Georgia

by Tina Vasquez, Prism October 19, 2020January 5, 2021

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ICE-detained asylum-seekers on hunger strike amid COVID-19 face solitary confinement

by Frances Madeson September 1, 2020September 16, 2020

'I hate that thug music.' How 'progressive' music outlets fuel false arrests in the trap scene

by Nicholas Vila Byers August 10, 2020November 16, 2022

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

by Anastasia Kārkliņa July 17, 2020October 1, 2020

Liberation is a Long Haul: Lessons from Juneteenth

by Jakeya Caruthers June 22, 2020February 10, 2021

Rebellion on the Coast: Louisiana artists reenact Black armed resistance

by Frances Madeson April 14, 2020September 16, 2020

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'We don't want to die here.' Detained immigrants protest amid pandemic

by Carly Berlin April 6, 2020September 16, 2020

Through the river: talking art, borders and identity with artist Camila Linaweaver

by Emma Speckman November 27, 2019September 16, 2020

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The myth and reincarnation of John Wilkes Booth

by Kelly Catalfamo October 30, 2019October 28, 2022

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Medical neglect, illegal detention, and retaliation in ICE's Deep South stronghold

by Carly Berlin September 23, 2019September 16, 2020

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The cruel tactic ICE is using to ramp up deportations

by Sammy Hanf August 19, 2019September 16, 2020

None of Our Memories: Part 2

by Anna Badkhen August 12, 2019September 16, 2020

None of Our Memories

by Anna Badkhen July 29, 2019September 16, 2020

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Banking on immigrants

by Felicia Arriaga May 27, 2019September 16, 2020

In Photos: Everyday La Frontera

by Alonso Castillo March 25, 2019October 1, 2020

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Civility Is Not Solidarity: An Editorial Call to Action

by Zaina Alsous June 28, 2018September 16, 2020

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A prison by any other name

by J. Malcolm Garcia November 13, 2017July 2, 2021

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By the Numbers: Enforcing immigration in the Tar Heel state

by Felicia Arriaga September 12, 2017September 16, 2020

Enough with the tacos: Let's talk about the systematic obliteration of Latinx foodways

by Sandra A. Gutierrez August 15, 2017September 22, 2020

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The massacre men

by David Forbes July 27, 2017September 16, 2020

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The South's immigration detention centers are already hellish, soon they could get even worse

by Camille Pendley July 5, 2017September 16, 2020

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Becoming a safe haven: Baltimore and the arrival of immigrant youth

by Elizabeth Doerr June 25, 2017September 16, 2020

Southern boxes

by Malorie Marshall Reid June 11, 2017October 1, 2020

Growing up gay in Alabama and finding myself in S-Town

by Alice Lesperance May 28, 2017June 1, 2022