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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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Mississippi's childhood lead exposure interventions don't do enough for kids

by Erica Hensley October 5, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

In photos: Afropunk 2021 is a queer, Black homecoming

by Noella Williams October 1, 2021October 6, 2021
The Reverend Kenneth B. Thomas Sr., pastor of Bethesda Worship and Healing Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas, hugs Cory Brigham after ordaining him into the ministry during Sunday service on August 15, 2021. All photos by Terrance Armstard for The Guardian.
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'We've come this far by faith:' Vaccines, religion, and community in Arkansas

by Sandra L. Combs and Terrance Armstard September 21, 2021September 21, 2021
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You're swamped? Join the club.

by Ko Bragg and Virginia Walcott September 17, 2021September 27, 2023
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Breaking Through COVID: What data can't tell about the South's vaccine rates

by Scalawag Editors and Scalawag Team September 9, 2021September 21, 2021
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'We have to evaluate the motives of health care institutions'

by Alysia Nicole Harris September 9, 2021September 21, 2021
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: The social contracts of municipal water systems

by Xander Peters August 18, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Salt, Soil, & Supper: Uprooting 'private landowner syndrome'

by Xander Peters August 11, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'A lifetime of damage' on a creosote plume in Houston's Fifth Ward

by Xander Peters August 3, 2021August 2, 2021
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Soul City: A Black dream killed just as it was coming true

by Danielle Purifoy July 27, 2021July 29, 2021
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: This one's for the trees

by Xander Peters July 21, 2021September 27, 2023
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For Black cowboys—from inner-city Philly to small-town Texas—horses and riding are a way of life

by Nick Lehr, The Conversation July 16, 2021
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Abolition made practical

by Alysia Nicole Harris July 6, 2021July 6, 2021
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: From cell to soil

by Xander Peters June 30, 2021September 27, 2023
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'Who would want their child to miss everything?'

by Ko Bragg and JS June 25, 2021November 13, 2023
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In Photos: Desde Adentro (From Within)

by ITAMA Youth June 24, 2021November 13, 2023
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Qualified Immunity: How 'ordinary police work' tramples civil rights

by Lyle C. May June 23, 2021October 18, 2021
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Two letters from North Carolina prisons make the same demands—45 years apart.

by Anne C. Willett & A.L. Harris June 22, 2021February 23, 2023
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Welcome to Abolition Week

by Scalawag Team and Scalawag Editors June 21, 2021June 23, 2021
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: The whole hog's history

by Xander Peters June 16, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Akwaeke Emezi: 'A dead thing sentenced to life'

by Ko Bragg June 11, 2021August 9, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Prostitution was already illegal in Louisiana. Then Republicans crafted an even more damning law used to target trans sex workers.

by Matt Nadel June 1, 2021April 20, 2022
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In Alamance County, a battle for racial justice confronts a bloody past and an uncertain future

by Carli Brosseau, ProPublica May 28, 2021July 27, 2021
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Salt, Soil, & Supper: Food apartheid, continued

by Xander Peters May 26, 2021September 27, 2023
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: Call it what it is—Food apartheid

by Xander Peters May 19, 2021September 27, 2023
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To the other 98%: Lessons from the nation's Black male educators

by Letrell Harris & Horace Ryans May 14, 2021November 13, 2023
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Author Anjali Enjeti reckons with Asian American identity in white-dominant culture

by Deirdre Sugiuchi May 7, 2021May 7, 2021
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A Prophet Without Eyes: Pauli Murray's Moment

by Brenna M. Casey April 30, 2021October 6, 2021
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: Meet Ko Bragg, Scalawag's new Race & Place editor

by Xander Peters April 28, 2021September 27, 2023
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HBCUs are keeping the rest of the South safe

by Alexis Wray April 27, 2021November 13, 2023

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