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Salt, Soil, & Supper

We will gradually nurture and prune this space with seasonal offerings of narratives from the Gulf South that center holistic conversations about environmental justice and climate change, alongside critical explorations of Southern geographies, migration, agriculture, foodways, and food justice. Prepare yourselves for a hearty helping of Salt: Preservation, Soil: Growth and Recovery, & Supper: Nourishment.

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The Mutual Musicians Foundation is fighting the gentrification of Jazz in Kansas City

by Zeb Larson December 8, 2020September 27, 2023
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There Goes the Neighborhood: What really caused the decline of 18th & Vine

by Zeb Larson December 8, 2020September 27, 2023
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(Virtual Event) Communing: Cooking & Cocktails with Scalawag

by Scalawag Team December 4, 2020September 27, 2023
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Safety looks like full bellies in a pandemic

by Courtney Napier November 30, 2020September 27, 2023
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A Native Crew asks: 'Whose land are you skating on?'

by Justin Garcia November 24, 2020September 27, 2023
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Southern Sustenance

by Scalawag Editors November 20, 2020November 13, 2023
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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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After two devastating hurricanes, southwest Louisiana worries the rest of the country has already moved on

by Xander Peters November 9, 2020September 27, 2023
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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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Doctor who performed hysterectomies on ICE detainees 'operated by a different set of rules' in rural Georgia

by Tina Vasquez, Prism October 19, 2020September 27, 2023
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Black disillusionment is real, but Black liberation is possible

by Lovey Cooper and Courtney Napier October 16, 2020September 27, 2023
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Don't discount the majority of your state: Reaching rural Southern voters

by Lovey Cooper and Courtney Napier October 16, 2020September 27, 2023
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Black voting rights experts weigh in on disinformation: We've got your back

by Lovey Cooper and Courtney Napier October 16, 2020September 27, 2023
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Growing pains

by Adjoa D. Danso October 16, 2020September 27, 2023
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Salt, Soil, & Supper: Let's talk Indigenous gumbo

by Xander Peters October 14, 2020September 27, 2023
Organizers in the Rio Grande Valley worked this summer to ensure people had access to food in neighborhoods with high rates of food insecurity. All photos by Ángela García.
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Love to the RGV from a new generation of activists

by Deana Ayers October 12, 2020November 13, 2023
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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
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Knock on Wood: How Europe's wood pellet appetite fuels environmental racism in the South

by Danielle Purifoy October 5, 2020September 27, 2023
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Sweet (and sticky) redemption

by Maurice Bailey & Nik Heynen September 29, 2020September 27, 2023
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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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Lessons from rural communities in the crusade to save the USPS

by Alicia Carter & Haley France September 8, 2020November 21, 2023
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ICE-detained asylum-seekers on hunger strike amid COVID-19 face solitary confinement

by Frances Madeson September 1, 2020November 21, 2023
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COVID-19 hit Arkansas poultry workers at an 'alarming rate' as state and industry officials looked on

by Olivia Paschal August 24, 2020November 21, 2023
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'I hate that thug music.' How 'progressive' music outlets fuel false arrests in the trap scene

by Nicholas Vila Byers August 10, 2020November 21, 2023
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Too heartbreaking to leave, too expensive to stay. More than 802,000 homes are at risk of climate disaster—mostly in the South.

by Xander Peters August 7, 2020November 21, 2023
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Update: SOLD OUT! Buy Gravy's print issue centering voices of color, support marginalized food writers (& Scalawag)

by Scalawag Team August 6, 2020November 21, 2023
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As ICE travel bans target international students, communities resist through care

by Anastasia Kārkliņa July 17, 2020September 27, 2023
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The Remedy: The Costello family's 'next-best thing' spaghetti sauce

by Mike Costello July 14, 2020November 13, 2023
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White food media and the commodification of resistance

by Tunde Wey July 13, 2020September 27, 2023
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The Remedy: Mrs. Betty's macaroni-and-cheese

by Cynthia R. Greenlee July 10, 2020November 13, 2023

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