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Blackness

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And when it is death which they misplace

by Joshua Aiken March 19, 2018October 1, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Editorial: We're talking about white supremacy and anti-Blackness (and you should too)

by Scalawag Editors November 2, 2017April 16, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Durham activists rally to support those charged with felonies for pulling down a confederate statue

by Lauren Barber August 23, 2017September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Here are the freedom songs of the Movement for Black Lives

by Willie Jamaal Wright February 9, 2017September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The South knows about White backlash. Here's what Reconstruction can teach us about today's crisis.

by David Eil February 1, 2017January 6, 2021
Posted inRACE & PLACE

When all Black lives flourish

by Danielle Purifoy November 11, 2016October 1, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

The news comes differently to me

by Robert L. Reece September 23, 2016October 1, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

A dispatch from the streets of Charlotte

by Danielle Purifoy September 22, 2016October 1, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Atlanta in (trans)formation

by Anna Simonton July 15, 2016September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Loving thy neighbor in North Carolina

by Sarah Gibson May 10, 2016October 1, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Police and the silent majority

by Seth Farber February 9, 2016September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Going home? Scenes from Lowndes County

by Danielle Purifoy November 24, 2015October 1, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Black lives matter—so should their votes

by Mac McCann November 11, 2015September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

White silence is tragic silence

by Matt Hartman September 9, 2015September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Poem: 12/28

by Aurielle Lucier September 8, 2015December 3, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Photo essay: The struggle is real

by Julian Plowden September 2, 2015September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Police, the Law, and the Unjustified Use of Force

by Irving Joyner July 8, 2015September 16, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

We Have a Duty to Win

by Anna Simonton July 8, 2015September 16, 2020

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