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

by Lovey Cooper and Katherine Webb-Hehn January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
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Redistricting will impact Texas politics for the next 10 years. Here's how it works.

by Yasmeen Khalifa, The Texas Tribune January 4, 2021January 25, 2021
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Georgia's absentee voting policies benefit Democrats, but they were originally created by Republicans

by Christopher Alston, WABE December 28, 2020January 25, 2021
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Court fees and fines make voting near-impossible for ex-felons in Tennessee

by Iliana Hagenah December 22, 2020January 5, 2021
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The obvious solution to Houston's housing crisis: 'Just cease all evictions'

by Sam Russek December 21, 2020September 27, 2023
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To shift the media narrative about the South, we have to rebuild it altogether

by Anoa Changa December 17, 2020December 17, 2020
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'If I asked my family to get rid of a bumper sticker, they would tell me to quit my job.'

by Anonymous December 17, 2020February 4, 2025
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I ran from my church after Trayvon Martin's murder—but not from my religion

by Courtney Napier December 17, 2020December 18, 2020
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The media's extractive telling of Appalachia

by R. Garringer December 15, 2020January 5, 2021
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Dissent in the Pentagon of the South

by Taylor Barnes December 11, 2020December 11, 2020
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Democrats eventually won Black youth voters, but will they keep them?

by Iliana Hagenah December 10, 2020November 13, 2023
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The Last, the Least, and the Lost

by Courtney Napier and Anoa Changa December 3, 2020January 11, 2021
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When Democracy meets Partisanship

by Courtney Napier and Anoa Changa November 19, 2020November 19, 2020
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Field Notes from the ground in Tennessee—Before, during, and after the election

by Iliana Hagenah November 10, 2020
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To prevent abhorrent state-run voter suppression and police brutality, look to local action beyond election years

by Anoa Changa November 6, 2020November 6, 2020
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Voting may have ended, but the work has just begun

by Anoa Changa November 5, 2020November 5, 2020
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In plain words: Making sense of election results and news coverage

by Lovey Cooper November 4, 2020November 4, 2020
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Before you cast your ballot on Election Day, look out for these common mistakes

by Iliana Hagenah November 3, 2020November 8, 2022
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Celebrity chefs cook up joy at the polls in the South

by Courtney Napier November 2, 2020September 27, 2023
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The new-new and old-new of 'unprecedented' times

by Zaina Alsous and Scalawag Editors October 30, 2020April 16, 2021
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How Georgia and Texas organizers are reimagining the culture of voting

by Anoa Changa October 29, 2020November 13, 2023
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If the Democratic Party made the perfect candidate in a lab, it would be Adrian Perkins

by Jeanie Riess October 27, 2020October 27, 2020
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Voting down the ballot: Which local races matter?

by Courtney Napier October 22, 2020October 22, 2020
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Meet Mokah Johnson, heading up a new wave of activism in Georgia politics

by Deirdre Sugiuchi October 20, 2020October 20, 2020
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Black disillusionment is real, but Black liberation is possible

by Lovey Cooper and Courtney Napier October 16, 2020September 27, 2023
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Don't discount the majority of your state: Reaching rural Southern voters

by Lovey Cooper and Courtney Napier October 16, 2020September 27, 2023
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Black voting rights experts weigh in on disinformation: We've got your back

by Lovey Cooper and Courtney Napier October 16, 2020September 27, 2023
Organizers in the Rio Grande Valley worked this summer to ensure people had access to food in neighborhoods with high rates of food insecurity. All photos by Ángela García.
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Love to the RGV from a new generation of activists

by Deana Ayers October 12, 2020November 13, 2023
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How photo ID laws and provisional ballots target the most marginalized Southerners

by Iliana Hagenah October 8, 2020October 10, 2020
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Rep. Attica Scott on her protest arrest: 'This is about the police's power, domination, and control over Black bodies'

by Rainesford Stauffer October 2, 2020October 2, 2020

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