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"If we win here, we can win anywhere"

by Anna Simonton April 8, 2019September 16, 2020
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When a liberal city government doesn't fight a racist gerrymander

by David Forbes March 25, 2019September 16, 2020
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In this small Georgia city, an unpaid court fine can get your utilities cut off

by Lewis Raven Wallace March 18, 2019September 16, 2020
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Toppling giants: painting the removal of confederate monuments

by Ben Hamburger January 14, 2019September 16, 2020
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A blueprint for progressive wins in the South, and other lessons from the midterm elections

by Anna Simonton November 12, 2018September 16, 2020
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Police lawsuits provide an inside view of cash register justice in Louisiana

by Michael Isaac Stein November 5, 2018September 16, 2020
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These are the women fighting (and dancing) to transform Georgia politics

by Ashleigh Atwell November 5, 2018September 16, 2020
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The Southern Voter's Guide to Ballot Questions

by Stell Simonton October 29, 2018September 16, 2020
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Unapologetically Ike Brown

by Ko Bragg October 29, 2018November 14, 2023
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A movement for police accountability is on Nashville's November ballot

by Margaret Littman October 22, 2018September 16, 2020
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This 24-year-old lawsuit could radically alter public education in North Carolina

by Michael Cooper October 15, 2018November 13, 2023
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Fighting to save a gentrifying East Nashville

by Grace Tatter May 4, 2018September 16, 2020
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What's in store for North Carolina politics in 2018

by Michael Cooper January 11, 2018September 16, 2020
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How Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama

by Katherine Webb-Hehn December 12, 2017September 16, 2020
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I Will Tell You Something

by James McManus November 27, 2017December 3, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Virginia's new needle exchange law may limit access in hard-hit areas

by Sarah Schwartz November 15, 2017September 16, 2020
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Queering politics in Georgia

by Kameel Mir November 5, 2017December 3, 2020
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In cities across the South, Socialism is on the ballot

by Casey Williams November 3, 2017September 16, 2020
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Why the South needs movement journalism

by Anna Simonton August 24, 2017September 16, 2020
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Durham activists rally to support those charged with felonies for pulling down a confederate statue

by Lauren Barber August 23, 2017September 16, 2020
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Editorial: Saving Southern lives means standing up for Medicaid

by Scalawag Editors July 9, 2017April 16, 2021
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The South's immigration detention centers are already hellish, soon they could get even worse

by Camille Pendley July 5, 2017September 27, 2023
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North Carolina's strange election

by Sammy Feldblum May 11, 2017September 16, 2020
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Review: In Blue Texas, all that is old is new again

by Sammy Feldblum May 2, 2017October 27, 2020
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Betsy DeVos doesn't really believe in democracy

by Laura Jean Moore April 27, 2017November 13, 2023
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What will indigenous sovereignty look like in the Trump era?

by Gregory D. Smithers March 21, 2017September 27, 2023
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Who gets to legislate heritage in Virginia?

by Brooke Newman March 2, 2017September 27, 2023
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Meet Alabama's new U.S. Senator, Luther Strange

by Josh Moon February 16, 2017September 16, 2020
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Want to beat racism? Stop labeling people as racists, and start asking better questions.

by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva February 7, 2017September 16, 2020
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Kentucky should move forward, not backward, on healthcare access

by Brandi Jones and Mallika Sabharwal January 12, 2017September 16, 2020

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