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RACE & PLACE

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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"The White man's water"

by Robert L. Reece January 26, 2016October 1, 2020
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Going home? Scenes from Lowndes County

by Danielle Purifoy November 24, 2015October 1, 2020
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Why we need to remember our veterans in our politics

by Jesse Williams November 12, 2015October 1, 2020
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First days back

by Hank Cherry November 5, 2015September 27, 2023
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Keeping North Carolina's Haw River whole

by Cheney Gardner September 23, 2015September 27, 2023
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Marshland: Mythmaking in the Georgia Tidewater

by Sarah Bufkin September 16, 2015November 13, 2023
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The water will never not be here

by Lisa O'Neill September 3, 2015September 27, 2023
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To stay in the loving arms of our mountains

by R. Garringer July 29, 2015October 4, 2021
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By the Numbers: State of the child

by Sarah Bufkin July 22, 2015November 13, 2023

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