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Here you will find coverage of education, parenting, and the expansive journey of human development as it relates to Southern experience. We believe there is an urgent need for transparency in the public discourse surrounding these topics and their exploration here upholds the potency of intimate and imaginative care work, cultural literacies as worldmaking disciplines, and co-constructed definitions of safety that are grounded in the evidence of our lived experiences.

Banned Kamp: All Boys Aren't Blue, by George M. Johnson.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

The queer survival and coming-of-age book I needed as a child

by KB Brookins November 14, 2023November 14, 2023

States and cities banning books like 'All Boys Aren't Blue' are banning Black folks, queer folks, survivors, and folks who hold multiple of those identities from seeing themselves—both in literature and in life.

The author, Mira Ugwuadu, posing for a portrait in the months after graduating from high school in Marietta, Georgia. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Funding, education, and safety are at the top of the list of demands to dismantle the youth mental health stigma in Georgia schools.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

In Georgia, we need proactive—not reactive—mental health support in schools

by Mira Ugwuadu September 14, 2023November 13, 2023
A wheelchair standing between other chairs in a school classroom. Disabled students are overlooked in the youth mental health crisis. How navigating an impossible system drove one disabled student to activism in their quest for solutions to the youth mental health crisis.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Young people struggle within a capitalist, ableist system. We can change it.

by Marrow Woods September 14, 2023November 13, 2023
Dakerri Rhone of the Human Rights Campaign speaks during a news conference held by the Human Rights Campaign to draw attention to anti-drag bills in the Tennessee legislature, on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. (John Amis/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign) The mental health toll of anti-LGBTQ+ bills on Tennessee students. Tennessee has passed a record number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills attacking students' rights, mental health, and well-being.
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LGBTQ+ students in Tennessee have never been more terrified

by Lauren Barton September 14, 2023November 13, 2023
Young people gather during a rally held by Fairness Campaign to advance LGBTQ rights, Wednesday, February 19, 2020, in the Rotunda at the State Capitol, Frankfort, Kentucky. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston) Finding hope and solidarity for LGBTQ Kentucky youth. A trans student on how they and other LGBTQ Kentucky youth are dealing with the mental health fallout of Senate Bill 150 in schools.
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For LGBTQ+ young Kentuckians, community matters for mental health

by Ray Loux September 14, 2023November 13, 2023
Southern youth are speaking out on the mental health crisis, the challenges they face, and anxieties they hope to overcome.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Notes on 'In Their Own Words,' a series on the youth mental health crisis

by Rainesford Stauffer September 14, 2023November 13, 2023
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Young Southerners speak out: Reflections on the youth mental health crisis

by Scalawag Community September 14, 2023November 13, 2023
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The perfect present for my Black and trans inner child

by Kelsey Smoot August 25, 2023November 13, 2023
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Our home outside these walls: My love letter to you, son

by Devon Terrell June 16, 2023November 13, 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
A storybook illustration of a Black mother playing soccer with her Black son in the park.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Please Keep Playing.' An open letter to my son, Remix

by Ariana Brazier May 5, 2023November 13, 2023
Black educators' undervalued labor and the need for community support and Revolutionary Love against schooling-as-colonial-indoctrination.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Radical Care Work in the Project of Schooling

by Anna Almore April 7, 2023November 21, 2023
While the HBCU boasts a commitment to Black women, Spelman's support of Cop City is peak antiblackness, alumni say in an open letter.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

An open letter to Spelman College: Denounce Cop City Now

by Eva Dickerson and Spelman Alumni March 7, 2023December 1, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

In Photos: A year in the life of Mississippi's 66th Choctaw Indian Princess

by Adria R. Walker November 22, 2022December 1, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

On abortion, count on Gen Z for more than votes

by Rainesford Stauffer November 7, 2022December 1, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Bookmobiles to the rescue

by Leticia Urieta September 20, 2022December 4, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Abbott Elementary and the promise of schools without cops

by Eteng Ettah September 12, 2022December 4, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

I grew up against a backdrop of white evangelical power. Florida's new CRT ban means even more Black students will, too.

by Sierra Lyons August 17, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Hooked on Copaganda: What CoComelon actually teaches kids about police

by Bunny McFadden June 22, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Virginia was primed to teach Black history. Then the nation's first anti-critical race theory governor took office.

by Sonia Rao June 14, 2022December 5, 2023
“Thoughts and prayers without action to prevent tragedy is faith without works.” Southern students speak out on legislation and safety fears.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Young people need power.' Southern students on safety, accountability, and what they need from adults

by Rainesford Stauffer June 7, 2022December 5, 2023
Incoming students at Morehouse, a Historically Black college in Atlanta, Georgia, walk past a mural depicting Black history on their way to New Student Orientation 2021. Credit: Photo via Morehouse College on Facebook.
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'Who keeps us safe?' An HBCU roundtable on violence and accountability

by Ko Bragg, Adam Harris, Da'Shaun Harrison, Noella Williams and Alexis Wray February 25, 2022November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

No teacher? Call a cop, says Oklahoma governor

by Destinee Adams February 9, 2022November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Without paid leave, the South's COVID school policies cause a terrible trickle down for families

by Rainesford Stauffer November 18, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Mississippi's childhood lead exposure interventions don't do enough for kids

by Erica Hensley October 5, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

A principal leaves his beloved school after an intense year

by Katy Reckdahl and The Hechinger Report August 24, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Who would want their child to miss everything?'

by Ko Bragg and JS June 25, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

In Photos: Desde Adentro (From Within)

by ITAMA Youth June 24, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

To the other 98%: Lessons from the nation's Black male educators

by Letrell Harris & Horace Ryans May 14, 2021November 13, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

HBCUs are keeping the rest of the South safe

by Alexis Wray April 27, 2021November 13, 2023

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