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Clemson University has a John C. Calhoun problem

by Jonathan Beecher Field August 30, 2016November 13, 2023
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Community organizing mattered around Mebane—but the struggle isn't over

by Danielle Purifoy August 27, 2016September 27, 2023
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Finding Black independence in Mebane

by Danielle Purifoy August 15, 2016September 27, 2023
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How to fight the power company

by Scott Davis August 11, 2016September 27, 2023
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A place called Mebane

by Danielle Purifoy August 8, 2016September 27, 2023
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We can't trust state governments to protect voting rights—and a federal court just proved why

by Sarah Bufkin August 2, 2016September 16, 2020
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The search for the South in one room in Philadelphia

by Daniel Massoglia August 1, 2016September 16, 2020
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Bernie Sanders energized a new generation of leftist Southern politicians

by Mike Elk July 29, 2016September 16, 2020
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Dispatches from Philadelphia: Official Scalawag coverage of the DNC

by Hank Cherry, Daniel Massoglia and Sigrid von Wendel July 27, 2016September 16, 2020
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Thanks to Donald Trump, an avowed White supremacist is running for Senate

by Sarah Jones July 27, 2016September 16, 2020
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Atlanta in (trans)formation

by Anna Simonton July 15, 2016September 16, 2020
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Both parties are battling for the South—but the South wants something in return

by Elizabeth Bruenig, Kareem Crayton, Josie Duffy, Jake McGraw and Jesse Williams July 13, 2016September 16, 2020
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You've never heard of Jackie Stump, but he might be the antidote to Donald Trump

by Sarah Jones July 7, 2016September 16, 2020
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6 million Americans don't get to vote—here are some of their voices

by Eliana Eitches July 6, 2016September 16, 2020
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The suffering of Yefri Sorto-Hernandez

by Anna Simonton July 1, 2016September 27, 2023
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What the South can teach the U.K. about Brexit

by Jesse Williams June 28, 2016September 27, 2023
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Race is the reason felons don't have the right to vote

by M. T. C. Shafer June 14, 2016September 16, 2020
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The strange story of Sewanee, the KKK, and a Franklin County Gay/Straight Alliance

by Sarah Jones May 19, 2016November 13, 2023
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Listen: a drug users' union is reimagining public health in the South

by Kat Bawden May 17, 2016September 16, 2020
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Race and the great American adventure

by Amien Essif May 13, 2016September 27, 2023
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What West Virginia is saying at the polls

by Jedediah Purdy May 11, 2016September 16, 2020
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White Supremacy at Stone Mountain: 2016 edition

by Maura Friedman April 28, 2016January 7, 2021
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Editorial: Who really benefits from boycotts in the South?

by Scalawag Editors April 27, 2016April 16, 2021
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45 years after the Supreme Court forced its schools to integrate, Charlotte continues to debate race, poverty, and education

by Adam Rhew April 20, 2016November 13, 2023
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Why we fight for 15

by Anna Simonton April 19, 2016September 16, 2020
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Disobedience comes to the Capitol

by John Whitaker April 18, 2016September 16, 2020
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H.B. 2 isn't just anti-LGBTQ—it's also anti-worker

by Don Davis April 12, 2016September 16, 2020
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Why one of the nation's breadbaskets is also its unlikeliest food desert

by Rachel Gorman April 5, 2016September 27, 2023
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Updates from the fight against H.B. 2 in North Carolina

by Maura Friedman March 31, 2016September 16, 2020
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Who does the Georgia veto actually protect?

by Ari Bee March 29, 2016September 16, 2020

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