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Katherine Webb-Hehn

Katherine Webb-Hehn is a mama, multi-media journalist and artist in Birmingham, Alabama. Katherine is Scalawag's former State Politics editor.

"What Things Cost: An anthology for the people." Edited by Rebecca Gayle Howell, Ashley M. Jones and Emily J. Jalloul. Published by The University Press of Kentucky.
Posted inARTS & SOUL

An anthology for people over capitalism

by Katherine Webb-Hehn July 19, 2023July 19, 2023

The first collection of labor writing in nearly a century, 'What Things Cost: An Anthology for the People' arrives right on time: "These poems are a beginning, a way into the worlds of others' laboring lives to see how we need to be set free."

Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Alabama taxpayers have paid $4 billion toward a policy that Governor Ivey refuses to bring home

by Katherine Webb-Hehn March 16, 2021March 29, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The majority of Alabamians want Medicaid expansion

by Katherine Webb-Hehn March 15, 2021March 29, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

What the Capitol riots show us about the white illusion of civility

by Lovey Cooper and Katherine Webb-Hehn January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Birmingham increases police budget by $11.2M despite demands to defund: 'People literally cannot breathe, and it's not because of George Floyd'

by Katherine Webb-Hehn August 31, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Alabama wrote the book on Black Lives Matter, but today's challenges to defund police have Freedom Fighters back at the drawing board

by Katherine Webb-Hehn August 14, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

For Black North Birmingham residents fighting toxic pollution, staying home isn't safe

by Katherine Webb-Hehn April 20, 2020October 1, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

A parachute-reporter's 10-step cheat sheet for covering the South

by Katherine Webb-Hehn January 6, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Appalachia is transitioning from coal. Here's what the region could learn from Germany.

by Katherine Webb-Hehn October 16, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Can You Imagine People Ignoring All This If We Were White?'

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 30, 2019November 2, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Residents of an Alabama superfund site say it's not their responsibility to be watchdogs

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 2, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Toothless, cousin loving

by Katherine Webb-Hehn July 15, 2019December 3, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Dangerous conditions may exist in this area

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 24, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

How environmental justice is shaping a new civil rights movement in the South

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 10, 2019September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

"Brooklynization" my ass

by Katherine Webb-Hehn May 27, 2019October 20, 2022
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Forever family: Lesbian foster parents on a journey to adopt in the Bible Belt

by Katherine Webb-Hehn December 17, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Saving Climate Changelandia

by Katherine Webb-Hehn December 12, 2018September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Alabama may have solutions to the nation's Black maternal health crisis

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 24, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Midwifery makes a comeback in Alabama

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 3, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Alabama's Republican women might still make history

by Katherine Webb-Hehn June 5, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Horrific conditions in some Alabama daycares will finally change with new law

by Katherine Webb-Hehn April 9, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Meet the Glasscos: Lesbian foster parents in the Bible Belt

by Katherine Webb-Hehn January 30, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

How Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama

by Katherine Webb-Hehn December 12, 2017September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Christians could swing Alabama's senate election

by Katherine Webb-Hehn November 27, 2017September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The purple tide in Alabama politics

by Katherine Webb-Hehn August 15, 2017September 16, 2020

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