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Tour guide Marcus McDonald not only shares Charleston history, he makes his own.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

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 […]

AI Surveillance
Posted inSCALAWAG UPDATES

South to South: A Scalawag Reading List

by Tea Troutman December 16, 2024December 26, 2024
Mckesson v Doe
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Mckesson v. Doe, Southern Dissent, and Protest Repression

by Sierra Lyons October 16, 2024October 16, 2024
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Policing Student Protests and the Imperial Feedback Loop

by Sumona Gupta August 29, 2024August 27, 2024
Protestors grieve the loss of Palestinian life outside of the White House in Washington, DC, November 4, 2023. Photo by Katie Hanzalik. A look at Scalawag's most-read stories, reporting, and writing of 2023—from Cop City to Gaza, prison conditions, and more—in review.
Posted inSCALAWAG UPDATES

Year in review: Scalawag's top stories of 2023

by Scalawag Editors January 2, 2024December 14, 2023
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
Death penalty opponents gather on the steps of the State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga., Monday, March 2, 2015 to protest the death penalty and the planned execution of Kelly Gissendaner. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Ben Gray)
Posted inRACE & PLACE

On the execution of my friend, Kelly Gissendaner

by Carla J. Simmons August 31, 2023August 30, 2023
Pack City Hall: Rev. Keyanna Jones speaks while community members attend the city council meeting to protest against the controversial "Cop City" project, inside the city hall in Atlanta on May 15, 2023. REUTERS/Megan Varner.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Out Loud on the Gate City Front

by Tea Troutman and Da'Shaun Harrison May 22, 2023May 22, 2023
Demonstrators march near Atlanta police during a protest over plans to build a new police training center, Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz) Cop City protestors now face felony stalking, intimidation, and domestic terrorism charges.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Cop City protesters face felony charges for distributing flyers

by Candice Bernd, Truthout May 8, 2023May 8, 2023
An artistic interpretation of slaves jumping from a burning ship. Leftist organizing in the Black Radical Tradition.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

How to Build the End of the World

by Miliaku Nwabueze May 5, 2023May 5, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

31 Days in Dekalb County Hell

by Priscilla Grim May 2, 2023May 2, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Forever, I Love(d) Atlanta

by Tea Troutman May 1, 2023May 2, 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

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 inARTS & SOUL

'beyond a better hell' / talking to ghosts: a mixtap/e/ssay

by A.D. Carson September 9, 2022December 4, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

How Louisville photographers are keeping Breonna Taylor in focus

by Anna Blake March 22, 2022November 14, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

In Florida, protesting can cost you your right to vote

by Sierra Lyons August 11, 2021August 11, 2021
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 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

Dissent in the Pentagon of the South

by Taylor Barnes December 11, 2020December 11, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Why drill and trap are the soundtrack of this generation's protests

by Nicholas Vila Byers November 13, 2020November 13, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Forgotten protest icon Odetta Holmes lives on in modern Black Americana

by Chelsea Spear October 23, 2020February 10, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Rep. Attica Scott on her protest arrest: 'This is about the police's power, domination, and control over Black bodies'

by Rainesford Stauffer October 2, 2020October 2, 2020
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

New Tennessee law surfaces the South's racist beginnings of felon voter disenfranchisement

by Iliana Hagenah September 28, 2020January 21, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'I'm Black. I'm a mom. I'm mad.'

by Lanier Isom September 21, 2020November 14, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

ICE-detained asylum-seekers on hunger strike amid COVID-19 face solitary confinement

by Frances Madeson September 1, 2020November 21, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Exposed: UNC pledged neo-confederates $2.5 mil for monument

by L’Erin Jensen July 21, 2020November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

In the quest for abolition, America must learn from Haiti

by Marina Magloire July 6, 2020July 2, 2021
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

For our folks on the frontlines: Bail funds across the South

by Scalawag Team and Scalawag Editors June 2, 2020April 16, 2021

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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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