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Cierra Hinton has an undying love and passion for the complicated South, which she brings to her work at Scalawag. She has found community across the South, including in Tennessee and Mississippi, but calls North Carolina home. She is Scalawag's Executive Director-Publisher.

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Ending white supremacist violence will take all of us

by Cierra Hinton March 19, 2021March 19, 2021

A letter from Scalawag's Executive Director-Publisher: White supremacy is the reason that six Asian women and two others were murdered in Atlanta this week. It is the reason that Flint and Jackson don't have clean water. It is the reason Texas was without power during a deadly winter storm. It is the reason George Floyd […]

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It's time we abolish the Fourth Estate

by Cierra Hinton January 15, 2021
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Welcome to Scalawag's new Board of Directors!

by Cierra Hinton August 13, 2020November 21, 2023
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Why we've decided to end our print magazine—and what we're reimagining instead

by Cierra Hinton July 7, 2020September 16, 2020

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