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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
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How Durham, North Carolina, became the first US city to ban police exchanges with Israel

by Zaina Alsous and Sammy Hanf May 18, 2021November 14, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

A Prophet Without Eyes: Pauli Murray's Moment

by Brenna M. Casey April 30, 2021October 6, 2021
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HBCUs are keeping the rest of the South safe

by Alexis Wray April 27, 2021November 13, 2023
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The fall and rise of North Carolina's first Black school

by Rupen Fofaria, EdNC.org April 13, 2021November 13, 2023
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The old devil and the new details

by Mab Segrest March 29, 2021April 29, 2021
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'Go There Ready for War'—Militia Organizing in North Carolina in the Context of the Insurrection at the US Capitol

by Mab Segrest March 29, 2021April 7, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Student journalists at an HBCU campus newspaper took on racist local media—and won

by Alexis Wray February 2, 2021November 13, 2023
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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 inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

1.8 million eligible North Carolina voters didn't cast ballots in 2020. Trump won the state by 74,481.

by Coleen Harry, WFAE January 25, 2021January 25, 2021
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'When you come to school, you forfeit your rights'

by Courtney Napier January 19, 2021November 13, 2023
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A white supremacist coup succeeded in 1898 North Carolina, led by lying politicians and racist newspapers that amplified their lies

by Kathy Roberts Forde & Kristin Gustafson January 18, 2021September 14, 2021
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Meet the Southern librarians fighting for racial justice and truth-telling

by Jason Christian December 29, 2020November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Last, the Least, and the Lost

by Courtney Napier and Anoa Changa December 3, 2020January 11, 2021
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Safety looks like full bellies in a pandemic

by Courtney Napier November 30, 2020September 27, 2023
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When Democracy meets Partisanship

by Courtney Napier and Anoa Changa November 19, 2020November 19, 2020
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This Durham trio wants you to pay Black farmers

by Kyesha Jennings November 16, 2020September 27, 2023
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Black Power in the South: How to keep supporting the movement

by Scalawag Team and Scalawag Editors November 6, 2020April 20, 2021
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To prevent abhorrent state-run voter suppression and police brutality, look to local action beyond election years

by Anoa Changa November 6, 2020November 6, 2020
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Celebrity chefs cook up joy at the polls in the South

by Courtney Napier November 2, 2020September 27, 2023
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North Carolina's Racial Justice Act can remove prisoners from death row. But is life without parole actual justice?

by Lyle C. May October 26, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Voting down the ballot: Which local races matter?

by Courtney Napier October 22, 2020October 22, 2020
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When all hell breaks loose, North Carolina returns to the cypher

by Kyesha Jennings October 13, 2020October 13, 2020
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As the wood pellet industry grows across the South, Enviva targets Alabama and Mississippi for future expansion

by Danielle Purifoy October 5, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Knock on Wood: How Europe's wood pellet appetite fuels environmental racism in the South

by Danielle Purifoy October 5, 2020September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Voter intimidation: 'If they can bring a gun, I can bring my camera'

by Courtney Napier October 1, 2020November 8, 2022
Nurses at HCA's Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. Photo from the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United.
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Asheville nurses reflect on the largest labor victory at a Southern nonunion hospital since 1975

by Zaina Alsous September 25, 2020November 16, 2022
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

What do we mean when we talk about voter suppression?

by Lovey Cooper September 24, 2020November 6, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Voting Under Lockdown

by Anoa Changa September 17, 2020October 1, 2020
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Without profit from stolen Indigenous lands, UNC would have gone broke 100 years ago

by Lucas P. Kelley & Garrett W. Wright September 15, 2020November 13, 2023

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