Witness Archives – Scalawag

The abolitionist podcast that reveals how little you know about prison

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

For something realer than any episode of Orange is the New Black, check out Teleway 411, a new podcast on queer life in prison from A.B.O. Comix.

'An unmanned, evil environment': Ashley Diamond and other trans women on life inside prison

by Ashley Diamond June 21, 2022June 20, 2022

Southern Politics

This couple wants you to know that conjugal visits are only legal in 4 states

by Steve Higginbotham & Jordana Rosenfeld June 21, 2022June 21, 2022

'I'll never have closure.' What TV gets wrong about having a dad in prison.

by Jordan Gass-Pooré June 20, 2022June 21, 2022

I was on The First 48. Your true-crime obsession is based on lies.

by Demetrius Buckley June 20, 2022June 21, 2022

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

by Rainesford Stauffer June 7, 2022June 30, 2022

Mildred's Mississippi: 'Roll of Thunder' as a love letter home

by Adria R. Walker May 24, 2022May 23, 2022

Southern Politics

I'm an abortion doula in the Deep South. This is what I want you to know.

by Nzingha H. May 18, 2022June 24, 2022

Incarcerated Muslims in Florida celebrated Eid with limited accommodations

by Anthony Cobb and Khawla Nakua May 2, 2022May 4, 2022

How Louisville photographers are keeping Breonna Taylor in focus

by Anna Blake March 22, 2022March 21, 2022

Losing Nanny, inheriting her home, and surviving the first year

by Maya Miller March 15, 2022March 25, 2022

Southern Politics

'Justifiable police homicide' and the ruse of American justice

by Da'Shaun Harrison, Joy James and Samaria Rice March 8, 2022March 8, 2022

Incoming students at Morehouse, a Historically Black college in Atlanta, Georgia, walk past a mural depicting Black history on their way to New Student Orientation 2021. Credit: Photo via Morehouse College on Facebook.

Southern Politics

'Who keeps us safe?' An HBCU roundtable on violence and accountability

by Ko Bragg, Adam Harris, Da'Shaun Harrison, Noella Williams and Alexis Wray February 25, 2022March 9, 2022

Life and Death in Strawberry Land

by Autumn Fourkiller February 14, 2022March 15, 2022

A granddaughter's gratitude

by Andrea Morales, MLK50 January 4, 2022January 3, 2022

How radical feminist politics shaped one of ATL's most beloved neighborhoods

by Neesha Powell-Ingabire December 28, 2021January 19, 2022

Taken outside the changes

by Julian Reid December 8, 2021December 8, 2021

Southern Politics

Without paid leave, the South's COVID school policies cause a terrible trickle down for families

by Rainesford Stauffer November 18, 2021March 9, 2022

Southern Politics

Florida's legacy of slow-rolling parole keeps thousands of people behind bars—some, for decades past their eligibility date

by Justin Garcia October 28, 2021March 9, 2022

Contraband Books: What Texas prisons have against Michelle Alexander, Frederick Douglass, and Alice Walker

by Julie Poole September 28, 2021September 28, 2021

The Reverend Kenneth B. Thomas Sr., pastor of Bethesda Worship and Healing Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas, hugs Cory Brigham after ordaining him into the ministry during Sunday service on August 15, 2021. All photos by Terrance Armstard for The Guardian.

'We've come this far by faith:' Vaccines, religion, and community in Arkansas

by Sandra L. Combs and Terrance Armstard September 21, 2021September 21, 2021

You're swamped? Join the club.

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

Southern Politics

Overdose deaths are reaching record highs in the South as COVID vaccines take priority

by Lovey Cooper September 10, 2021September 21, 2021

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

'We have to evaluate the motives of health care institutions'

by Alysia Nicole Harris September 9, 2021September 21, 2021

In portraits and letters: 'Being free is not the same as freedom'

by Jason Kerzinski August 17, 2021August 30, 2021

Soul City: A Black dream killed just as it was coming true

by Danielle Purifoy July 27, 2021July 29, 2021

White tears will never be the solution

by Matt Hartman March 19, 2021April 1, 2021

Reporter's Notebook: The Power of Proximity

by Ko Bragg February 12, 2021February 12, 2021

Southern Politics

Student journalists at an HBCU campus newspaper took on racist local media—and won

by Alexis Wray February 2, 2021March 23, 2021