Southern Movements Archives – Scalawag

Asheville's 'historic' reparations resolution is not what it seems

by David Forbes July 24, 2020October 1, 2020

National coverage of a 'historic' resolution in Asheville covers up city hall's refusal to meet Black demands or offer real reparations.

Modern abolition and the lasting truth of change

by Scalawag Team June 18, 2020October 1, 2020

Black New Orleans City Waste workers build power against a crisis

by Mindy Isser June 17, 2020September 16, 2020

How COVID-19 has changed the game for Black community organizers

by Courtney Napier June 12, 2020September 16, 2020

The South Hollers 'Black Lives Matter'

by Alysia Harris June 11, 2020October 1, 2020

Defunding police: Atlanta shows politicians' promises don't equal change

by Anna Simonton June 9, 2020September 16, 2020

Reckoning with white supremacy: Five fundamentals for white folks

by Lovey Cooper June 1, 2020October 1, 2020

Rent Strikes & Beyond: Understanding eviction laws in the South

by Alysia Harris April 8, 2020September 16, 2020

COVID-19: An extensive—and growing—list of political demands in the South

by Danielle Purifoy April 3, 2020September 16, 2020

In pandemic times, radical imagination matters more than ever.

by Lewis Raven Wallace March 30, 2020October 1, 2020

This election season, Florida's people's assemblies focus on building a true democracy

by Eli Day March 17, 2020September 16, 2020

Social justice in a time of social distancing

by Kenneth Bailey & Lori Lobenstine March 13, 2020October 1, 2020

Community takes down neo-Nazis and slumlords in rural Tennessee

by Katie Myers March 9, 2020September 16, 2020

'Starve the Beast': Southern campaigns to divest, decarcerate, and re-imagine public safety

by Zaina Alsous November 4, 2019September 16, 2020

Together and Beside Ourselves: In Conversation with Artist & Educator Hồng-Ân Trương

by Zaina Alsous July 1, 2019September 16, 2020

A Story of Us: In Conversation with Artists Monét Noelle Marshall and Saba Taj

by Zaina Alsous July 1, 2019September 16, 2020

Green From Below

by Zaina Alsous June 24, 2019October 1, 2020

Organizers shut down a jail for 7 hours to demand an end to the cash bail system

by Sammy Hanf June 17, 2019September 16, 2020

Abortion is still legal in Georgia–for now

by Scalawag May 13, 2019September 16, 2020

#NotKeisha: Spelman students protest Atlanta mayor as commencement speaker

by Ko Bragg May 6, 2019September 16, 2020

We Begin With Play: Southern Abolition in the [B]reach with kai lumumba barrow and 'gallery of the streets'

by Ra Malika Imhotep April 22, 2019September 16, 2020

Mountain Justice: Appalachian women fought for workers long before they fought for jobs

by Heather Duncan March 25, 2019September 16, 2020

Mississippians are on the frontlines of the battle for abortion rights

by Ko Bragg February 18, 2019September 16, 2020

The future of rural North Carolina isn't written on a ballot

by Matt Hartman November 19, 2018September 16, 2020

A blueprint for progressive wins in the South, and other lessons from the midterm elections

by Anna Simonton November 12, 2018September 16, 2020

Hog Tired: fighting for environmental justice

by Sol Weiner September 24, 2018September 16, 2020