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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.

Hell and High Water: From Gaza to Mississippi
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Hell and High Water: From Gaza to Mississippi

by Mary Annaïse Heglar May 2, 2024August 27, 2024
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Southern Truth About Communism

by Tea Troutman and Sherronda J. Brown April 23, 2024December 26, 2024
Boiling on the Inside: Texas Inmates Weather Extreme Heat in non-Air Conditioned Prisons
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Boiling on the Inside

by Kwaneta Harris April 11, 2024April 16, 2024
Brown Eyes in a Blue-Eyed World
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Brown Eyes in a Blue-Eyed World

by Kahlia Phillips March 27, 2024March 27, 2024
Rescuers use an old row boat to evacuate children from their flooded homes in Gulfport, Mississippi, after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Monday, August 29, 2005. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Over 18 years after Hurricane Katrina, survivors' ongoing battles with trauma, mental health, and PTSD reveal the long shadow of environmental racism on Black mental health.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

The hidden toll of Hurricane Katrina on the mental health of Black survivors

by Maya Richard-Craven November 22, 2023November 22, 2023
Elena Kiejliches, featured on 'Snapped' in 2004, reveals how her story was twisted to perpetuate harmful stereotypes about women's violence.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'It's not a story—it's a life:' A look at Snapped, from the inside

by Elena Kiejliches and Molly Hagan November 21, 2023November 21, 2023
Residents seek higher ground on the roof of a home as floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina cover the streets on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/ Vincent Laforet, Pool) What we can learn from Hurricane Katrina preparedness failures and the deep inequities in federal disaster response efforts they exposed.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

How Hurricane Katrina changed disaster preparedness and community response

by Yasmin Garaad November 16, 2023November 16, 2023
Banned Kamp: All Boys Aren't Blue, by George M. Johnson.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

The queer survival and coming-of-age book I needed as a child

by KB Brookins November 14, 2023November 14, 2023
The weather bears witness: On calamity, rebirth, and Blackness in the face of climate crisis and the chaos of the natural world. "Perhaps in every wind roaring, in every storm raging, our ancestors are not only watching over us, but watching out for us."
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Emergence

by Cherise Morris September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
Stranded New Orleans residents watch as a helicopter evacuates others near the Superdome sports stadium August 31, 2005. Authorities have begun evacuating thousands from the damaged Superdome where living conditions have worsened since Hurricane Katrina struck on August 29, 2005. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR/JK - RP6DRMZYNMAC Insufficient government response to the Maui wildfires follows a pattern of state abandonment forged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

From Katrina to Maui, Disaster Capitalism continues to exploit across many 'Souths'

by Cierra Chenier September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
Having spent the first wave of COVID-19 in Rikers Island, David Campbell found the pandemic lockdowns he was met with after his release strangely familiar. The parallels of self-quarantine and incarceration can be tools for abolitionist solidarity.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

What living through COVID in jail taught me about abolition

by David Campbell September 21, 2023September 21, 2023
Death penalty opponents gather on the steps of the State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga., Monday, March 2, 2015 to protest the death penalty and the planned execution of Kelly Gissendaner. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ben Gray)
Posted inRACE & PLACE

On the execution of my friend, Kelly Gissendaner

by Carla J. Simmons August 31, 2023August 30, 2023
Alim Braxton and Sabur Tyler have served a combined 53 years on Death Row. Six years ago, they found a profound friendship with each other—one that provides hope, solace, purpose, and companionship amidst the unique injustices they each face.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

To dream, or not to dream: Friendship, innocence, and redemption on Death Row

by Alim Braxton and Sabur Tyler August 28, 2023August 29, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

The perfect present for my Black and trans inner child

by Kelsey Smoot August 25, 2023November 13, 2023
An abolitionist review of the Barbie movie's imaginative universe serves as a reminder that systemic oppression can indeed be destroyed.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Barbie: Pretty Police

by Eteng Ettah July 27, 2023July 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Mausoleums: The Art of Necromancy

by Jaiden Butler July 25, 2023November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

"Pull up your pants or go to jail!"

by Justin A. Davis June 30, 2023June 30, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Imprisoned in Gaza, Imprisoned outside of Gaza

by Maram M. AbedAlBari June 29, 2023November 14, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Illegal migration from Gaza by sea

by Rami Almeghari June 29, 2023November 14, 2023
Inside the post-Roe crisis of abortion and surveillance facing pregnant incarcerated people seeking and reproductive justice.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Abortion bans and pregnancy surveillance: The body itself as a prison

by Gabrielle A. Perry June 28, 2023February 20, 2025
Periods in prison: The monthly struggle for sanitary products
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'That's not how it works around here': When free-bleeding ain't free

by Heather Jarvis June 28, 2023September 27, 2023
A Black mother in prison exposes the greed and hypocrisy of the system that keeps her behind bars and rips apart families.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Only Mercy

by Chanell Burnette June 27, 2023November 13, 2023
How Israel exiles Palestinian prisoners to Gaza: Three Palestinian prisoners who were banished to Gaza as a condition of their release from Israeli prisons share their stories of exile.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Palestine on lock: Israeli occupation

by Basma Adham Albayed June 27, 2023November 14, 2023
Mourning in prison: How "total institutions" punish the grief of the incarcerated.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Against Regulations: Grieving inside a total institution

by E.J. June 27, 2023November 13, 2023
The geography of disaster, storms, and prison.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Perfect Storm: A time to refrain from embracing

by Richard Hunsinger June 23, 2023September 27, 2023
Inside the struggle of farmers and industrial workers in Gaza as Palestinians face exposure to environmental racism under Israeli blockade.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

How Palestinian farmers and clothing workers struggle under Israeli blockade

by Rami Almeghari June 23, 2023November 14, 2023
The devastating impact of environmental racism in prisons.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Poisoned Inside

by C. Dreams June 23, 2023September 27, 2023
State conspiracies and censorship of the incarcerated in prison.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Conspiracyz, Scum Pigz, & the Dept. of Censorship

by G. Z. June 21, 2023September 27, 2023
Palestinians hold photographs of prisoners jailed in Israel during a celebration for the liberation of Palestinian Khader Adnan in the West Bank village of Arrabeh, near Jenin, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. The same week, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel launched a hunger strike the protesting their conditions and demanding an end to detentions without trial. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
Posted inRACE & PLACE

They even keep our corpses: Dying in Israeli prisons

by Refaat Alareer June 20, 2023November 14, 2023
Scalawag's 2023 Abolition Week theme: The Bars We Can't See.
Posted inSCALAWAG UPDATES

Introducing Abolition Week 2023: The Bars We Can't See

by Scalawag Editors June 19, 2023November 14, 2023

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