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Scalawag's Race & Place coverage pushes the boundaries of traditional conversations about incarceration, segregation, gentrification, nutrition, migration, liberation, and more. We examine the role and legacy of race in the places that form the South—from porches and penitentiaries, to places of worship and port cities.

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A letter to President-Elect Trump

by Leroy E. Mann January 17, 2017October 1, 2020
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Why we must educate our prisoners

by Lyle C. May November 29, 2016November 13, 2023
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Imagining in the dark times to come

by Evan Walker-Wells November 22, 2016October 1, 2020
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Dealing with Donald Trump's America

by Katherine Demby November 21, 2016October 1, 2020
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Justice is more than a political issue now—it's a spiritual one

by Alysia Nicole Harris November 15, 2016October 1, 2020
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This is about White supremacy

by Sarah Bufkin November 14, 2016October 1, 2020
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When all Black lives flourish

by Danielle Purifoy November 11, 2016October 1, 2020
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The work that lies ahead

by Jesse Williams November 11, 2016October 1, 2020
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The failure of the Democratic Party

by Robert L. Reece November 11, 2016October 1, 2020
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What happens when you leave poor Whites behind

by Anna Simonton November 11, 2016October 1, 2020
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Two days before a scheduled execution

by Leroy E. Mann and Iris Gottlieb October 19, 2016June 23, 2021
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Review: Class war and the Confederacy in "Free State of Jones"

by Cedric Johnson October 6, 2016October 1, 2020
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What else matters if artificial intelligence is going to kill us all?

by Jesse Williams October 4, 2016October 1, 2020
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The news comes differently to me

by Robert L. Reece September 23, 2016October 1, 2020
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A dispatch from the streets of Charlotte

by Danielle Purifoy September 22, 2016October 1, 2020
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Video: Meet Brigido, an undocumented farmworker trying to support his family

by William Johnston-Carter September 20, 2016November 13, 2023
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A love letter to West Virginia two months after the flood

by R. Garringer September 5, 2016September 27, 2023
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After the floods, here are the voices of survival and solidarity in Louisiana

by Claire Bangser August 25, 2016September 27, 2023
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Gerrymandering is teaching high schoolers not to trust their government

by Tyler Holbrook June 24, 2016November 13, 2023
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In photos: solidarity with Orlando in Atlanta

by Camille Pendley June 17, 2016October 1, 2020
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On being half-Asian in the Mississippi Delta

by Michael Copperman June 8, 2016September 27, 2023
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Loving thy neighbor in North Carolina

by Sarah Gibson May 10, 2016October 1, 2020
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On being Southern and trying not to hate it

by Paula Garrett April 26, 2016October 1, 2020
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Leonardo Galván, farmer-advocate

by Christina Cooke April 14, 2016September 27, 2023
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Why I believe that we will win

by Jen Ansley April 7, 2016October 1, 2020
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Before I let go: on Houston, mental illness, and family

by Brian Foster March 22, 2016November 13, 2023
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Jesus, Aunt Mary, and me

by Tom Gogola March 8, 2016November 13, 2023
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Covering the Chapel Hill shooting as a Muslim journalist

by Reema Khrais March 3, 2016October 1, 2020
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Race, rubella, and the long road to abortion reform

by Cynthia R. Greenlee February 18, 2016October 27, 2020
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By the numbers: College football royalties

by Robert L. Reece and Jesse Williams February 3, 2016October 27, 2020

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