Police & Policing Archives – Scalawag

We're Queer, 'We're Here,' and We're Fighting Back

by Sezin Koehler March 23, 2023March 22, 2023

The show's account of Florida's neo-Nazis and proto-fascists are sickening—and not in the fabulous drag way.

Southern Politics

An open letter to Spelman College: Denounce Cop City Now

by Eva Dickerson and Spelman Alumni March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

Abolishing the Black Superhero Complex: From Black Panther to MLK

by Bria Massey March 2, 2023March 2, 2023

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

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

Contradictions and Convictions: Megan Thee Stallion and why abolition can't wait

by Da'Shaun Harrison February 14, 2023February 14, 2023

How 'the shadow of state abandonment' fostered then foiled Young Thug's YSL

by Justin A. Davis February 9, 2023March 5, 2023

Cop City, Gentrification, and Young Thug: Atlanta's uneven war over greenspace in 'The City of the Forest'

by Justin A. Davis February 9, 2023March 5, 2023

Abolition on TV

Abolition on TV: Pop Justice Wrapped

by Eteng Ettah January 19, 2023January 20, 2023

There are 'Stranger Things' than abolition, but the show won't go there.

by Endria Isa Richardson December 22, 2022December 22, 2022

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

How to do away with copaganda: Three Emmy-nominated shows to watch with an abolitionist lens

by Kaitlin Fontana, Rebecca Bodenheimer and Naa Djama Attoh-Okine September 16, 2022September 16, 2022

Only Murders in the Building exemplifies the lies in 'true' crime

by Adedoyin "Ade" Adeniji and Bria Massey September 16, 2022September 16, 2022

Southern Politics

The Dropout dramatizes Elizabeth Holmes' fraudulent rise. Endless military funding is also a scam.

by Bria Massey September 13, 2022September 13, 2022

Yellowjackets shows a world without police as disorderly. Abolitionists aren't buying it.

by Molly Lipson September 13, 2022September 16, 2022

RuPaul's Drag Race visibilizes queerness—and the police state

by Sezin Koehler September 12, 2022September 16, 2022

The White Lotus is supposed to be satire. Hawaiians deserve the last laugh.

by Mariah Rigg September 12, 2022September 16, 2022

Abbott Elementary and the promise of schools without cops

by Eteng Ettah September 12, 2022September 16, 2022

Southern Politics

Women have long borne the brunt of over-policing. Now, they're the fastest-growing incarcerated population in Texas.

by Cynthia Simons August 25, 2022August 26, 2022

The number of women in U.S. prisons is skyrocketing, but little data exists about their experiences.

by Chloe Craig August 25, 2022August 26, 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

The abolitionist podcast that reveals how little you know about prison

by Alysia Nicole Harris June 23, 2022November 30, 2022

Scalawag Updates

Four headline mistakes newsrooms need to abolish

by Scalawag Team June 23, 2022June 27, 2022

Hooked on Copaganda: What CoComelon actually teaches kids about police

by Bunny McFadden June 22, 2022November 30, 2022

'Young people need power.' Southern students on safety, accountability, and what they need from adults

by Rainesford Stauffer June 7, 2022August 16, 2022

Abolition, popular culture, and justice: introducing 'pop justice'

by Ko Bragg June 2, 2022September 22, 2022

Southern Politics

Q&A: Southern abortion providers on what the media's getting wrong

by Ko Bragg May 27, 2022May 27, 2022

How Louisville photographers are keeping Breonna Taylor in focus

by Anna Blake March 22, 2022November 16, 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