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Louisiana

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Abolition in the Era of Climate Change

by Aarohi Sheth March 20, 2025March 20, 2025

"Prison labor is the essence of capitalism within the United States. Because of it, there's this mentality of needing to force [incarcerated people] to work and 'pay off' the debt they have to society. With that, comes the idea that we must work incarcerated folks to the bone because they are essentially slaves."

Climate Resilience
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by Tea Troutman December 23, 2024December 26, 2024
Louisiana Progressive Community Leader Mel Manuel Runs to Unseat Rep. Steve Scalise
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Mel Manuel hopes to unseat ultra-conservative Rep. Steve Scalise

by Amelia Parenteau November 5, 2024December 5, 2024
A collage of repression at pro-Palestine protests at Tulane in Spring 2024
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The Tulane Book Festival, sponsored by friends of Netanyahu

by Drew Hawkins and Delaney Nolan September 26, 2024September 27, 2024
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Worse Than the Winds: A slow recovery after the damage

by Amanda Ostuni August 21, 2024August 25, 2024
Weathering the Storm
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Weathering Storms

by Amanda Ostuni August 13, 2024August 13, 2024
A look at some of the destruction left behind by Hurricane Ida in 2021. These photos are from Houma and Dulac, Louisiana
Posted inRACE & PLACE

After the Aftermath: Disaster Gentrification in Louisiana's Bayous

by Amanda Ostuni August 1, 2024August 5, 2024
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Louisiana is the blueprint for further fascist repression

by Gabrielle A. Perry July 25, 2024July 25, 2024
Rescuers use an old row boat to evacuate children from their flooded homes in Gulfport, Mississippi, after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Monday, August 29, 2005. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Over 18 years after Hurricane Katrina, survivors' ongoing battles with trauma, mental health, and PTSD reveal the long shadow of environmental racism on Black mental health.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

The hidden toll of Hurricane Katrina on the mental health of Black survivors

by Maya Richard-Craven November 22, 2023November 22, 2023
Residents seek higher ground on the roof of a home as floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina cover the streets on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/ Vincent Laforet, Pool) What we can learn from Hurricane Katrina preparedness failures and the deep inequities in federal disaster response efforts they exposed.
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How Hurricane Katrina changed disaster preparedness and community response

by Yasmin Garaad November 16, 2023November 16, 2023
Stranded New Orleans residents watch as a helicopter evacuates others near the Superdome sports stadium August 31, 2005. Authorities have begun evacuating thousands from the damaged Superdome where living conditions have worsened since Hurricane Katrina struck on August 29, 2005. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR/JK - RP6DRMZYNMAC Insufficient government response to the Maui wildfires follows a pattern of state abandonment forged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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From Katrina to Maui, Disaster Capitalism continues to exploit across many 'Souths'

by Cierra Chenier September 27, 2023September 27, 2023
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
Forever New Orleans tourism campaign advertisements. Illustrations by Keysha Rivera.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Disaster capitalism, climate change, and the campaign to sell Black New Orleans

by Nicole Young May 31, 2023September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

How we fight gerrymandering in the South

by Anoa Changa October 11, 2022December 4, 2023
“Thoughts and prayers without action to prevent tragedy is faith without works.” Southern students speak out on legislation and safety fears.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Young people need power.' Southern students on safety, accountability, and what they need from adults

by Rainesford Stauffer June 7, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Songs for a South underwater

by Sergio Lopez February 11, 2022September 27, 2023
Scalawag's 2021 Sick & Shut In List
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Scalawag's 2021 Sick & Shut In List

by Scalawag Team and Scalawag Editors December 29, 2021December 29, 2021
Posted inRACE & PLACE

New Orleans has a trash problem. Thanks to climate change, your city probably will, too.

by Drew Hawkins December 3, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Salt, Soil, & Supper: New Orleans, plural

by Xander Peters December 1, 2021September 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 inRACE & PLACE

You're swamped? Join the club.

by Ko Bragg and Virginia Walcott September 17, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

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

by Alysia Nicole Harris September 9, 2021September 21, 2021
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Hurricane Ida: How to get and give help on the Gulf Coast

by Scalawag Team August 30, 2021September 27, 2023
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 inARTS & SOUL

In portraits and letters: 'Being free is not the same as freedom'

by Jason Kerzinski August 17, 2021November 16, 2022
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Abolition made practical

by Alysia Nicole Harris July 6, 2021July 6, 2021
Posted inARTS & SOUL

A prisoner's apothecary: Solitary Gardens reimagines six-by-nine cells

by Roshan Abraham, Next City June 30, 2021September 27, 2023
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 inRACE & PLACE

Salt, Soil, & Supper: Food apartheid, continued

by Xander Peters May 26, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Salt, Soil, & Supper: Call it what it is—Food apartheid

by Xander Peters May 19, 2021September 27, 2023

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