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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

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.

The headquarters of New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation, the nonprofit that operates the Musicians' Clinic. Every month, the Foundation pays Bethany Bultman and her husband Johann $4,094 in rent for its use of the building for its offices. Photo by Trenity Thomas for Scalawag.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Plantation Politics: The New Orleans Musicians' Clinic's crisis of credibility

by Drew Hawkins June 1, 2023September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

No teacher? Call a cop, says Oklahoma governor

by Destinee Adams February 9, 2022November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Without paid leave, the South's COVID school policies cause a terrible trickle down for families

by Rainesford Stauffer November 18, 2021November 13, 2023
Volunteers with Southern Solidarity's New York team pause for a photo while handing out supplies to the city's unhoused folks.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Homelessness and eviction have always been public health crises. The pandemic made them even more deadly.

by Sarah Glen September 13, 2021September 21, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Overdose deaths are reaching record highs in the South as COVID vaccines take priority

by Lovey Cooper September 10, 2021September 21, 2021
Posted inRACE & PLACE

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
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'We have to evaluate the motives of health care institutions'

by Alysia Nicole Harris September 9, 2021September 21, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

A principal leaves his beloved school after an intense year

by Katy Reckdahl and The Hechinger Report August 24, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

HBCUs are keeping the rest of the South safe

by Alexis Wray April 27, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Southern Tenant Union Playbook

by Sam Russek March 12, 2021March 15, 2021
Posted inRACE & PLACE

When God Calls My Name

by Ashley M. Jones January 11, 2021October 4, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The obvious solution to Houston's housing crisis: 'Just cease all evictions'

by Sam Russek December 21, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

In Louisiana's petrochemical corridor, COVID-19 spreads like cancer

by Drew Hawkins December 18, 2020December 18, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Safety looks like full bellies in a pandemic

by Courtney Napier November 30, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Exits from solitude—Poems we need right now

by Alysia Nicole Harris November 27, 2020December 3, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

In Photos: When we couldn't come home

by Philip Harris November 23, 2020November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

This Durham trio wants you to pay Black farmers

by Kyesha Jennings November 16, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Before you cast your ballot on Election Day, look out for these common mistakes

by Iliana Hagenah November 3, 2020November 8, 2022
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

If the Democratic Party made the perfect candidate in a lab, it would be Adrian Perkins

by Jeanie Riess October 27, 2020October 27, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Campus workers in the right-to-work South are fighting for COVID-19 conditions and beyond

by Mindy Isser September 16, 2020November 13, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Carrie Mae Weems and arts institutions step in where Southern governments fall short on COVID-19

by Alex Temblador September 14, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

ICE-detained asylum-seekers on hunger strike amid COVID-19 face solitary confinement

by Frances Madeson September 1, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

John Lewis fought for equal protection. That means tackling pollution, poverty, and policing.

by YVETTE CABRERA FOR GRIST August 28, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

COVID-19 hit Arkansas poultry workers at an 'alarming rate' as state and industry officials looked on

by Olivia Paschal August 24, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Field Notes from the Inside: Women in Florida prisons share glimpses of COVID-19 lockdowns

by MARINA BUENO & BOUDICCA August 18, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Georgia rushed to reopen, but the COVID-19 crisis is worse than before: 'I'm scared of more than just dying'

by Timothy Pratt August 11, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

After coal and COVID-19, Appalachia needs more than a one-time check. Universal Basic Income could be next.

by Laura Harbert Allen August 4, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Drive-in wrestling: West Virginia's solution to pandemic cabin fever

by Emily Allen for WVPB July 31, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Georgia tried to ban abortions. Telehealth offers a new alternative.

by Emily Weyrauch July 28, 2020September 20, 2021

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