Opinion Archives – Scalawag

Samaria Rice, Da'Shaun Harrison, and Joy James critique legal studies and discuss the violence of the state in the wake of the U.S. Department of Justice's refusal to reopen investigation into the murder of Tamir Rice.

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'Justifiable police homicide' and the ruse of American justice

Anita Hill: Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court signals historic change

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The media's extractive telling of Appalachia

Op-ed: Stay-at-home policy isn't effective without economic security and education

"Brooklynization" my ass

Don't call the police on poverty

The South knows about White backlash. Here's what Reconstruction can teach us about today's crisis.

Imagining in the dark times to come

This is about White supremacy

The usual writing is no longer enough

What would it really mean to have a woman as the U.S. President?

We can't trust state governments to protect voting rights—and a federal court just proved why

Why we need to remember our veterans in our politics

Capitalism breeds scarcity. We believe there's abundance in community.

We can’t be people-powered media without the people.

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