Opinion Archives – Scalawag

The romantic comedies convincing you to fall in love with the police

by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg February 14, 2023February 14, 2023

Rom-coms don't need to promote the police state; in fact, copaganda detracts from what makes rom-coms so, well, lovable.

Scalawag Updates

Media coverage of abortion is under attack

by Ashton Lattimore June 28, 2022June 30, 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

Scalawag Updates

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

by Anita Hill February 28, 2022July 1, 2022

You're swamped? Join the club.

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

The media's extractive telling of Appalachia

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

Southern Politics

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

by Quran Karriem, Quisha Mallette, & Lewis Wallace March 27, 2020September 16, 2020

"Brooklynization" my ass

by Katherine Webb-Hehn May 27, 2019October 20, 2022

Don't call the police on poverty

by Lamont Lilly February 21, 2017October 1, 2020

Southern Politics

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

by David Eil February 1, 2017January 6, 2021

Imagining in the dark times to come

by Evan Walker-Wells November 22, 2016October 1, 2020

This is about White supremacy

by Sarah Bufkin November 14, 2016October 1, 2020

Southern Politics

The usual writing is no longer enough

by Matt Whitt November 11, 2016October 4, 2021

Southern Politics

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

by Sarah Bufkin November 8, 2016December 3, 2020

Southern Politics

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

by Sarah Bufkin August 2, 2016September 16, 2020

Why we need to remember our veterans in our politics

by Jesse Williams November 12, 2015October 1, 2020