Police & Policing Archives – Scalawag

Commentaries on Protection and Safeness

by Donnie Moreland April 30, 2026April 30, 2026

On September 7, 2022,
the Central Intelligence Agency
published quite the article:
Honoring Harriet Tubman:
A Symbol of Freedom and
an Intelligence Pioneer.
How strange.

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Death By Black Excellence

by Sol Elias April 9, 2026April 9, 2026

MEDIA, CULTURE, & MEANING

In 'The Alabama Solution', Incarcerated Freedom Fighters Expose the Deadly U.S. Prison System

by Aarohi Sheth March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

MEDIA, CULTURE, & MEANING

Journalism in Crisis: Combating AJC Propaganda

by Aja Arnold March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

SCALAWAG UPDATES

Mobtown Redux: Remembering Logan Hullinger

by Sherronda J. Brown and Da'Shaun L. Harrison March 10, 2026March 10, 2026

Why are we letting the drug warriors win?

by Logan Hullinger March 3, 2026March 10, 2026

"We Are Striking a Blow at the State:" The Alabama Prisoners Work Strike

by Michael Kimble February 24, 2026February 24, 2026

Deadly adulterants have proliferated as drug-war policing escalates in Baltimore

by Logan Hullinger February 24, 2026March 10, 2026

Wonder Man is autistic and I love that for me

MEDIA, CULTURE, & MEANING

Wonder Man is autistic-coded and I love that for me

by Sherronda J. Brown February 17, 2026February 17, 2026

Baltimore harm reductionists target paraphernalia criminalization

by Logan Hullinger February 17, 2026March 10, 2026

Baltimore overdose protocol

Baltimore's mass overdose protocol is a consequence of its failure to end the drug war

by Logan Hullinger February 10, 2026March 10, 2026

ICE and the IDF: The Transnational Nexus of State Control

ICE OUT: A Scalawag Reading List

by Tea Troutman January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

Zohran Mamdani and the Sorcery of Soft Rebellion

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Zohran Mamdani and the Sorcery of Soft Rebellion

by Ali Ridha Khan and Joshua Reed January 29, 2026January 29, 2026

Diddy’s Trial Shows Why the Carceral System Will Never Deliver Justice

MEDIA, CULTURE, & MEANING

Diddy's Trial Shows Why the Carceral System Will Never Deliver Justice

by Ashley Viola January 22, 2026January 22, 2026

ICE and the IDF: The Transnational Nexus of State Control

SCALAWAG UPDATES

South to South: A 2025 Scalawag Reading List

by Tea Troutman December 31, 2025March 19, 2026

Georgia’s prison system and the planned for-profit scheme to target the unhoused

SCALAWAG UPDATES

Abolitionist Politics and Incarcerated Perspectives: A Scalawag Reading List

by Tea Troutman December 30, 2025December 30, 2025

Iman Jamil al-Amin

Remembering Imam Jamil al-Amin

by Tea Troutman and Da'Shaun L. Harrison December 15, 2025December 15, 2025

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The criminalization of HIV is a form of state punishment

by Kytara Epps, MPH December 3, 2025December 3, 2025

MEDIA, CULTURE, & MEANING

As the South goes, so goes the nation

by Aja Arnold December 1, 2025December 1, 2025

Cop City

Stop Cop City's Deep Roots

by Jonathon Booth November 18, 2025November 18, 2025

Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force

Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump's Police Task Force

by Wendi C. Thomas and Katherine Burgess November 13, 2025November 13, 2025

recipes

Recipes

by Sherronda J. Brown November 5, 2025November 5, 2025

Teens held in solitary confinement for months in Tennessee juvenile facility

by Rebecca Cadenhead November 4, 2025November 5, 2025

D'Angelo

A New Theory of Nowhere: Remembering D'Angelo

by Justin A. Davis October 29, 2025October 29, 2025

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Cool the Cell, Feed the Spirit: Abolition as Reproductive and Climate Justice

by Julian Wilson, Omisade Burney-Scott and Kwaneta Harris October 24, 2025October 24, 2025

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Furnace: Climate, Confinement, and the Cost of Reproductive Aging Behind Bars

by Julian Wilson and Omisade Burney-Scott October 24, 2025October 24, 2025

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Burning Inside: What Prison Heat Does to a Menopausal Body

by Kwaneta Harris October 24, 2025October 24, 2025

Digitized Captivity: AI Surveillance

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Digitized Captivity: AI surveillance and the global fabric of policing

by Susan Aboeid October 21, 2025October 21, 2025

Georgia’s prison system and the planned for-profit scheme to target the unhoused

Georgia's prison crisis is no accident

by Lucas Zane October 20, 2025October 21, 2025

Carceral Labs

Carceral Labs: Surveillance, Repression, and Media in Palestine and New Orleans

by Daniel Falcone October 20, 2025October 22, 2025