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Tour guide Marcus McDonald not only shares Charleston history, he makes his own.
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Marcus McDonald shares Charleston history and makes his own

by Sheeka Sanahori March 11, 2025March 11, 2025

I almost didn't meet Marcus McDonald on a rainy fall day in Charleston, South Carolina. Wind gusts were strong enough to flip umbrellas and sweep them down the street, a far cry from the sunny, mid-70s days that Charleston typically delivers in October. Though conditions weren't ideal for a walking tour, I asked if we […]

The Hell Inside Hell: Solitary Confinement in Texas Hides the Sexual Abuse of Women and Girls
Posted inSCALAWAG UPDATES

Abolitionist Politics and Incarcerated Perspectives: A Scalawag Reading List

by Tea Troutman December 30, 2024December 26, 2024
AI Surveillance
Posted inSCALAWAG UPDATES

South to South: A Scalawag Reading List

by Tea Troutman December 16, 2024December 26, 2024
How the criminalization of Black parenthood hurts Black children
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How the criminalization of Black parenthood hurts Black children

by Alexis J. Smith December 11, 2024December 12, 2024
UNC expands its use of AI surveillance following spring encampments
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UNC expands its use of AI surveillance following spring encampments

by Jordyn Cooper October 23, 2024December 10, 2024
Mckesson v Doe
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Mckesson v. Doe, Southern Dissent, and Protest Repression

by Sierra Lyons October 16, 2024October 16, 2024
A collage of repression at pro-Palestine protests at Tulane in Spring 2024
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Tulane Book Festival, sponsored by friends of Netanyahu

by Drew Hawkins and Delaney Nolan September 26, 2024September 27, 2024
Collage-Biden at Morehouse Graduation 2024
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Biden at Morehouse isn't an opportunity. It's a death sentence.

by Marq Riggins and Sydney Jael Wilson September 25, 2024September 25, 2024
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Felony Murder Law

by E. Paris Whitfield August 30, 2024August 30, 2024
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Policing Student Protests and the Imperial Feedback Loop

by Sumona Gupta August 29, 2024August 27, 2024
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Locked Out: From County Jails to Guantánamo Bay

by Emily Russell August 26, 2024August 26, 2024
A boarded up abandoned house is graffitied with a "Stop Cop City" tag, Thursday, July 20, 2023, in Atlanta. Activists with the Stop Cop City Vote Coalition are trying to get the signatures of more than 70,000 Atlanta residents by Aug. 14 to force a referendum allowing voters to decide the fate of a proposed police and firefighter training center. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Mutual aid allows movements to resist and transform oppressive systems. It could also be what ultimately sustains us against climate change.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Mutual aid strengthens ATL's abolitionist organizing work

by Julian Rose September 28, 2023September 28, 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.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

What living through COVID in jail taught me about abolition

by David Campbell September 21, 2023September 21, 2023
Men from the Brevard County Jail fill sand bags for local residents to combat flooding caused by high water levels from Hurricane Irma on October 5, 2017 in Sharpes, Florida. Credit: Paul Hennessy/Alamy Live News.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Florida's jails put incarcerated people's lives at risk during hurricane season

by Angel D’Angelo September 12, 2023September 27, 2023
Federal receiver Robert Sillen in the prison yard at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin, California, on June 14, 2007. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Prop 66 doesn't dismantle California's Death Row—it expedites our executions

by Timothy James Young August 30, 2023August 29, 2023
An abolitionist review of the Barbie movie's imaginative universe serves as a reminder that systemic oppression can indeed be destroyed.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Barbie: Pretty Police

by Eteng Ettah July 27, 2023July 27, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

"Pull up your pants or go to jail!"

by Justin A. Davis June 30, 2023June 30, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Imprisoned in Gaza, Imprisoned outside of Gaza

by Maram M. AbedAlBari June 29, 2023November 14, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Illegal migration from Gaza by sea

by Rami Almeghari June 29, 2023November 14, 2023
Inside the post-Roe crisis of abortion and surveillance facing pregnant incarcerated people seeking and reproductive justice.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Abortion bans and pregnancy surveillance: The body itself as a prison

by Gabrielle A. Perry June 28, 2023February 20, 2025
How Israel exiles Palestinian prisoners to Gaza: Three Palestinian prisoners who were banished to Gaza as a condition of their release from Israeli prisons share their stories of exile.
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Palestine on lock: Israeli occupation

by Basma Adham Albayed June 27, 2023November 14, 2023
When Israel imprisons a Palestinian, it imprisons entire families.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

When Israel imprisons a Palestinian, it imprisons their whole family

by Eman Hillis June 27, 2023November 14, 2023
An artist's tribute to painter Duniyana Al-Amoor, killed in her room in Gaza at age 22.
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Art Under Aggression

by Malak Mattar June 22, 2023November 14, 2023
Palestinian prison arts and crafts reflect the realities of life and love under Israeli occupation
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Diaries of Blood: The secret artists within Israeli detention facilities

by Eman Al-Astal June 22, 2023November 14, 2023
State conspiracies and censorship of the incarcerated in prison.
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Conspiracyz, Scum Pigz, & the Dept. of Censorship

by G. Z. June 21, 2023September 27, 2023
Scalawag's 2023 Abolition Week theme: The Bars We Can't See.
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Introducing Abolition Week 2023: The Bars We Can't See

by Scalawag Editors June 19, 2023November 14, 2023
Imprisoning Palestine: Zionist colonialism through an abolitionist lens
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Imprisoning Palestine: Zionist colonialism through an abolitionist lens

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

Our home outside these walls: My love letter to you, son

by Devon Terrell June 16, 2023November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Another kind of Memphis Blues

by Justin A. Davis June 15, 2023June 15, 2023
GSU Cop City student demands: Protesters gathered outside of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta in protest of Cop City as the clear cutting of trees began on March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Georgia State students demand the University denounce Cop City, end carceral investments

by GSU Student Coalition Against Policing & Militarism May 19, 2023November 13, 2023

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some money in the dresser drawer and a love letter too

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They tried to bury him: The hidden history of Abram Colby

by Greer Brigham March 26, 2025March 26, 2025
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Abolition in the Era of Climate Change

by Aarohi Sheth March 20, 2025March 20, 2025
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Marcus McDonald shares Charleston history and makes his own

by Sheeka Sanahori March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
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Cycling History: The Selma to Montgomery Bike Ride on the 60th Anniversary

by Angela Hollowell March 6, 2025April 9, 2025
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Liberation Lineages

by Briana Blueitt March 4, 2025March 4, 2025


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