Family Archives – Page 2 of 3 – Scalawag

Successors and failures: Adulting after death

by Maya Miller January 25, 2023December 1, 2023

Grief, a (grand)mother tongue

by Mele Girma January 10, 2023December 1, 2023

Haunting the archive

by Victoria Newton Ford December 2, 2022December 1, 2023

Remembering Tyrik

by Ireashia Bennett October 4, 2022December 4, 2023

'beyond a better hell' / talking to ghosts: a mixtap/e/ssay

by A.D. Carson September 9, 2022December 4, 2023

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

This couple wants you to know that conjugal visits are only legal in 4 states

by Steve Higginbotham & Jordana Rosenfeld June 21, 2022December 5, 2023

'I'll never have closure.' What TV gets wrong about having a dad in prison.

by Jordan Gass-Pooré June 20, 2022December 5, 2023

Artist Ivy Sole discusses the impetus behind their latest record, and why the struggle to get free requires more than music and dope visuals.

Getting 'Candid' with rapper Ivy Sole

by Taylor Hosking May 10, 2022December 5, 2023

'Left to hold my grief alone.' Grieving platonic love in a culture of romantic domination.

by Sherronda J. Brown April 7, 2022November 13, 2023

Life and Death in Strawberry Land

by Autumn Fourkiller February 14, 2022November 13, 2023

POLITICS & 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

In the face of anti-trans bills, 'Mama Gloria' is a blessing

by Antonia Randolph April 23, 2021November 13, 2023

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Southern Sustenance

by Scalawag Editors November 20, 2020November 13, 2023

The Remedy: The Costello family's 'next-best thing' spaghetti sauce

by Mike Costello July 14, 2020November 13, 2023

The Remedy: Mrs. Betty's macaroni-and-cheese

by Cynthia R. Greenlee July 10, 2020November 13, 2023

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

How Georgia's court-appointed advocates are failing children and parents

by Arvind Dilawar July 3, 2020November 13, 2023

The Remedy: Grandma Lacey's Cornbread

by Samantha Willis June 30, 2020November 13, 2023

A Love Letter to Black Queers in the Rural South

by Darius Scott May 12, 2020November 13, 2023

Losing Ground

by Alejandra Rosa February 10, 2020November 13, 2023

A letter to Black mamas

by Courtney Sebring and Aaron Bryant May 13, 2019November 13, 2023

Genesis

by Anna Sandy-Elrod February 18, 2019November 13, 2023

Family and community survival inspire delicious food at Suryana Cuisine in Clarkston, GA

by Jodi Cash August 28, 2018December 12, 2023

Like father, like son: The intergenerational trauma of incarceration

by Leroy E. Mann January 16, 2018November 13, 2023

The hands that haunt our kitchen

by Sumi Dutta November 21, 2017November 13, 2023

POLITICS & THE PEOPLE

How the criminal justice system criminalizes learning disabilities in Texas public schools

by Laura Thompson November 16, 2017November 13, 2023

"belonging: a haibun"

by Shuyu Cao October 11, 2017November 13, 2023

Northwest Louisiana Party Song

by Molly McCombs August 2, 2017November 13, 2023

Video: Meet Brigido, an undocumented farmworker trying to support his family

by William Johnston-Carter September 20, 2016November 13, 2023

Before I let go: on Houston, mental illness, and family

by Brian Foster March 22, 2016November 13, 2023

Jesus, Aunt Mary, and me

by Tom Gogola March 8, 2016November 13, 2023