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Ko Bragg

Ko is a reporter and editor with a focus on justice and the criminal-legal system in the Deep South. She also writes and edits Scalawag's bi-weekly newsletter, pop justice. Ko is based in New Orleans, where she is always on the hunt for oysters, but will always consider Mississippi home.

Posted inRACE & PLACE

Why your new diet is antiblack

by Ko Bragg and Da'Shaun Harrison January 3, 2023December 1, 2023

The author of 'Belly of the Beast' weighs in on racism, fatphobia, and diet culture.

Posted inRACE & PLACE

pop justice: the 'chicken salad' pipeline

by Ko Bragg December 9, 2022December 1, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Abolition, popular culture, and justice: introducing 'pop justice'

by Ko Bragg June 2, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Q&A: Southern abortion providers on what the media's getting wrong

by Ko Bragg May 27, 2022December 5, 2023
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.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'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, 2022November 13, 2023
Posted inSCALAWAG UPDATES

Scalawag welcomes Da'Shaun Harrison as Editor-at-Large

by Ko Bragg and Scalawag Team December 15, 2021December 15, 2021
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You're swamped? Join the club.

by Ko Bragg and Virginia Walcott September 17, 2021September 27, 2023
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'Who would want their child to miss everything?'

by Ko Bragg and JS June 25, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Akwaeke Emezi: 'A dead thing sentenced to life'

by Ko Bragg June 11, 2021August 9, 2021
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Reporter's Notebook: The Power of Proximity

by Ko Bragg February 12, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Bound by Statute: In Mississippi, Jim Crow era laws result in a high rate of Black kids charged as adults

by Ko Bragg November 18, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

#NotKeisha: Spelman students protest Atlanta mayor as commencement speaker

by Ko Bragg May 6, 2019November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Mississippians are on the frontlines of the battle for abortion rights

by Ko Bragg February 18, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Unapologetically Ike Brown

by Ko Bragg October 29, 2018November 14, 2023

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