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The weather bears witness: On calamity, rebirth, and Blackness in the face of climate crisis and the chaos of the natural world. "Perhaps in every wind roaring, in every storm raging, our ancestors are not only watching over us, but watching out for us."
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Emergence

by Cherise Morris September 28, 2023September 28, 2023

The weather bears witness: On calamity, rebirth, and Blackness in the face of climate crisis and the chaos of the natural world. "Perhaps in every wind roaring, in every storm raging, our ancestors are not only watching over us, but watching out for us."

Posted inRACE & PLACE

"Pull up your pants or go to jail!"

by Justin A. Davis June 30, 2023June 30, 2023
Imprisoning Palestine: Zionist colonialism through an abolitionist lens
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Imprisoning Palestine: Zionist colonialism through an abolitionist lens

by Rawan Masri and Fathi Nemer June 19, 2023November 14, 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
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Why your new diet is antiblack

by Ko Bragg and Da'Shaun Harrison January 3, 2023December 1, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'A modernized, streamlined incarceration experience.' New prison technology surveils life on both sides of the wall.

by Lyle C. May September 29, 2022December 4, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

I grew up against a backdrop of white evangelical power. Florida's new CRT ban means even more Black students will, too.

by Sierra Lyons August 17, 2022December 5, 2023
Memphis rapper Princess Loko's posthumous feature on "Renaissance" asks us to reckon with living on the margins in a surveillance state.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Longtime Memphis rapper Princess Loko died in obscurity. Will a Beyoncé feature grant her the 'Renaissance' she's overdue?

by Justin A. Davis August 11, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Contrary to popular belief, healthcare in prison is far from free. Sometimes, it can cost your life.

by Luci Harrell June 24, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

What the history books won't tell you about abolition

by Gabrielle A. Perry June 24, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Virginia was primed to teach Black history. Then the nation's first anti-critical race theory governor took office.

by Sonia Rao June 14, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

 I'm an abortion doula in the Deep South. This is what I want you to know.

by Nzingha H. May 18, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Incarcerated Muslims in Florida celebrated Eid with limited accommodations

by Anthony Cobb and Khawla Nakua May 2, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'Justifiable police homicide' and the ruse of American justice

by Da'Shaun Harrison, Joy James and Samaria Rice March 8, 2022November 14, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Songs for a South underwater

by Sergio Lopez February 11, 2022September 27, 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
Posted inARTS & SOUL

The Black opera that stunned America's most segregated stage

by Frances Madeson November 11, 2021November 11, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Florida's legacy of slow-rolling parole keeps thousands of people behind bars—some, for decades past their eligibility date

by Justin Garcia October 28, 2021March 9, 2022
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

New Urbanism sells faux sustainability as a luxury on Florida's 30A

by Ashira Morris October 13, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

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

by Erica Hensley October 5, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The incalculable cost of cheap chicken—and the hidden industry that shoulders it

by Tina Vasquez July 20, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Qualified Immunity: How 'ordinary police work' tramples civil rights

by Lyle C. May June 23, 2021October 18, 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
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

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 inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Texas' oldest Black university was built on a former plantation. Its students still fight a legacy of voter suppression.

by Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune March 1, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Reporter's Notebook: The Power of Proximity

by Ko Bragg February 12, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Wake County promised to reconsider cops in schools. When they didn't, students took to the streets.

by Courtney Napier January 26, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'When you come to school, you forfeit your rights'

by Courtney Napier January 19, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Court fees and fines make voting near-impossible for ex-felons in Tennessee

by Iliana Hagenah December 22, 2020January 5, 2021

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