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Protestors grieve the loss of Palestinian life outside of the White House in Washington, DC, November 4, 2023. Photo by Katie Hanzalik. A look at Scalawag's most-read stories, reporting, and writing of 2023—from Cop City to Gaza, prison conditions, and more—in review.
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Year in review: Scalawag's top stories of 2023

by Scalawag Editors January 2, 2024December 14, 2023

From Cop City to Gaza, prison conditions to protest: With 2024 officially no longer on the horizon, Scalawag's editors reflect back on the most popular must-read essays and articles of 2023, encapsulating the maelstrom that was the past year.

A boarded up abandoned house is graffitied with a "Stop Cop City" tag, Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Atlanta. Activists with the Stop Cop City Vote Coalition are trying to get the signatures of more than 70,000 Atlanta residents by Aug. 14 to force a referendum allowing voters to decide the fate of a proposed police and firefighter training center. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Mutual aid allows movements to resist and transform oppressive systems. It could also be what ultimately sustains us against climate change.
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Mutual aid strengthens ATL's abolitionist organizing work

by Julian Rose September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
Scalawag's 2023 Abolition Week theme: The Bars We Can't See.
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Introducing Abolition Week 2023: The Bars We Can't See

by Scalawag Editors June 19, 2023November 14, 2023
Pack City Hall: Rev. Keyanna Jones speaks while community members attend the city council meeting to protest against the controversial "Cop City" project, inside the city hall in Atlanta on May 15, 2023. REUTERS/Megan Varner.
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Out Loud on the Gate City Front

by Tea Troutman and Da'Shaun Harrison May 22, 2023May 22, 2023
GSU Cop City student demands: Protesters gathered outside of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta in protest of Cop City as the clear cutting of trees began on March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr.
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Georgia State students demand the University denounce Cop City, end carceral investments

by GSU Student Coalition Against Policing & Militarism May 19, 2023November 13, 2023
Demonstrators march near Atlanta police during a protest over plans to build a new police training center, Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz) Cop City protestors now face felony stalking, intimidation, and domestic terrorism charges.
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Cop City protesters face felony charges for distributing flyers

by Candice Bernd, Truthout May 8, 2023May 8, 2023
An artistic interpretation of slaves jumping from a burning ship. Leftist organizing in the Black Radical Tradition.
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How to Build the End of the World

by Miliaku Nwabueze May 5, 2023May 5, 2023
A storybook illustration of a Black mother playing soccer with her Black son in the park.
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'Please Keep Playing.' An open letter to my son, Remix

by Ariana Brazier May 5, 2023November 13, 2023
Reverend Keyanna Jones
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To Save the Soul of Weelaunee

by Zoey Laird May 4, 2023May 3, 2023
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The Taking of Peachtree-Pine and the Dawning of Cop City

by Ariana Brazier May 3, 2023November 14, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

31 Days in Dekalb County Hell

by Priscilla Grim May 2, 2023May 2, 2023
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Making State Enemies

by Julian Rose May 2, 2023May 2, 2023
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Forever, I Love(d) Atlanta

by Tea Troutman May 1, 2023May 2, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

This is the Atlanta Way: A Primer on Cop City

by Micah Herskind May 1, 2023May 2, 2023
Black Palestine Meets Black Atlanta. A statement of solidarity between Black and Palestinian communities across the diaspora.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

From Black Atlanta to Palestine: A statement of connection, solidarity, and survival

by Da'Shaun Harrison, Eva Dickerson, Osama and Bisan March 28, 2023November 21, 2023
While the HBCU boasts a commitment to Black women, Spelman's support of Cop City is peak antiblackness, alumni say in an open letter.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

An open letter to Spelman College: Denounce Cop City Now

by Eva Dickerson and Spelman Alumni March 7, 2023December 1, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Cop City, Gentrification, and Young Thug: Atlanta's uneven war over greenspace in 'The City of the Forest'

by Justin A. Davis February 9, 2023December 1, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

How 'the shadow of state abandonment' fostered then foiled Young Thug's YSL

by Justin A. Davis February 9, 2023December 14, 2023
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