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Southern Identity

Southern youth are speaking out on the mental health crisis, the challenges they face, and anxieties they hope to overcome.
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Notes on 'In Their Own Words,' a series on the youth mental health crisis

by Rainesford Stauffer September 14, 2023September 14, 2023

Young people in the South are speaking out on their mental health challenges and anxieties—like climate change, gun violence, anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, and lack of access to care in schools. Advocating for themselves requires sharing their perspectives.

Posted inRACE & PLACE

Why your new diet is antiblack

by Ko Bragg and Da'Shaun Harrison January 3, 2023January 3, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Bilingual in sarcasm y solidaridad

by Alex Temblador March 29, 2022September 27, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

A queer and in-color geography: From Mumbai to West Virginia

by Anjali Enjeti March 3, 2022March 4, 2022
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Breaking Through COVID: What data can't tell about the South's vaccine rates

by Scalawag Editors and Scalawag Team September 9, 2021September 21, 2021
Posted inRACE & PLACE

For Black cowboys—from inner-city Philly to small-town Texas—horses and riding are a way of life

by Nick Lehr, The Conversation July 16, 2021
Posted inARTS & SOUL

'T-Pain was important because he was ours'

by Israel Daramola March 8, 2021March 8, 2021
Posted inARTS & SOUL

This is damn sure not our grandparents' rhythm and blues

by Marcus K. Dowling February 16, 2021February 16, 2021
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'A democracy we didn't achieve 50 years ago'

by Alice Driver January 5, 2021January 5, 2021
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

'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, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

I ran from my church after Trayvon Martin's murder—but not from my religion

by Courtney Napier December 17, 2020December 18, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

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

by Zeb Larson December 8, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

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

by Zeb Larson December 8, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

In Photos: When we couldn't come home

by Philip Harris November 23, 2020November 23, 2020
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Southern Sustenance

by Scalawag Editors November 20, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Why drill and trap are the soundtrack of this generation's protests

by Nicholas Vila Byers November 13, 2020November 13, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Queer love and struggle in Jackson, Mississippi

by Zachary Oren Smith April 15, 2019November 16, 2022
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

"If we win here, we can win anywhere"

by Anna Simonton April 8, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Toppling giants: painting the removal of confederate monuments

by Ben Hamburger January 14, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

To my thirteen-year-old son

by LaToya Faulk December 24, 2018October 1, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

How transgender people in the South are helping each other get health care

by Lewis Raven Wallace October 24, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Family and community survival inspire delicious food at Suryana Cuisine in Clarkston, GA

by Jodi Cash August 28, 2018October 1, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

'I never let the viewer sit too long in one or the other.'

by Zaina Alsous August 23, 2018November 16, 2022
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Celebrating Southern joy at Mustock music festival

by André Chung July 19, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Three Poems by Kay Billie Oakes

by Kay Billie Oakes July 4, 2018December 3, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Portrait of Myself Kneeling

by Aaron Deutsch May 30, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Deep Gap

by Serena Jewell May 28, 2018October 1, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

In Montgomery, a harrowing, beautiful reckoning with racial terror

by Sammy Feldblum May 8, 2018October 1, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

The Muslims are not here to answer your questions

by Zaina Alsous March 29, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Full Court Press

by Ashish George February 20, 2018April 27, 2023

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