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No teacher? Call a cop, says Oklahoma governor

by Destinee Adams February 9, 2022November 13, 2023
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Roe is down. Keep supporting these abortion funds.

by Scalawag Team January 22, 2022June 24, 2022
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Florida's legacy of slow-rolling parole keeps thousands of people behind bars—some, for decades past their eligibility date

by Justin Garcia October 28, 2021March 9, 2022
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In Florida, protesting can cost you your right to vote

by Sierra Lyons August 11, 2021August 11, 2021
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'A lifetime of damage' on a creosote plume in Houston's Fifth Ward

by Xander Peters August 3, 2021August 2, 2021
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Prostitution was already illegal in Louisiana. Then Republicans crafted an even more damning law used to target trans sex workers.

by Matt Nadel June 1, 2021April 20, 2022
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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
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How Durham, North Carolina, became the first US city to ban police exchanges with Israel

by Zaina Alsous and Sammy Hanf May 18, 2021November 14, 2023
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Meet the 5 women uprooting white beauty standards and white supremacy in West Virginia

by Crystal Good May 11, 2021May 12, 2021
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Bad medicine in Louisiana prisons

by Xander Adams May 5, 2021April 13, 2022
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The Jewish South is Black, too

by Nic Yeager April 2, 2021April 2, 2021
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He thought he could be a 'good' cop. Now, he's working to end policing as we know it.

by Gabbriel Schivone March 23, 2021March 23, 2021
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Alabama taxpayers have paid $4 billion toward a policy that Governor Ivey refuses to bring home

by Katherine Webb-Hehn March 16, 2021March 29, 2021
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The majority of Alabamians want Medicaid expansion

by Katherine Webb-Hehn March 15, 2021March 29, 2021
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Five Peachy Takeaways: Georgia's grassroots organizing lessons will be valuable in the South for a long time coming

by Anoa Changa January 22, 2021August 20, 2021
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Redistricting will impact Texas politics for the next 10 years. Here's how it works.

by Yasmeen Khalifa, The Texas Tribune January 4, 2021January 25, 2021
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Georgia's absentee voting policies benefit Democrats, but they were originally created by Republicans

by Christopher Alston, WABE December 28, 2020January 25, 2021
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Dissent in the Pentagon of the South

by Taylor Barnes December 11, 2020December 11, 2020
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When Democracy meets Partisanship

by Courtney Napier and Anoa Changa November 19, 2020November 19, 2020
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To prevent abhorrent state-run voter suppression and police brutality, look to local action beyond election years

by Anoa Changa November 6, 2020November 6, 2020
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In plain words: Making sense of election results and news coverage

by Lovey Cooper November 4, 2020November 4, 2020
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Before you cast your ballot on Election Day, look out for these common mistakes

by Iliana Hagenah November 3, 2020November 8, 2022
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How Georgia and Texas organizers are reimagining the culture of voting

by Anoa Changa October 29, 2020November 13, 2023
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If the Democratic Party made the perfect candidate in a lab, it would be Adrian Perkins

by Jeanie Riess October 27, 2020October 27, 2020
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Voting down the ballot: Which local races matter?

by Courtney Napier October 22, 2020October 22, 2020
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Meet Mokah Johnson, heading up a new wave of activism in Georgia politics

by Deirdre Sugiuchi October 20, 2020October 20, 2020
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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
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Voter intimidation: 'If they can bring a gun, I can bring my camera'

by Courtney Napier October 1, 2020November 8, 2022
Nikema Williams is expected to be the next congressperson for the Georgia 5th Congressional district. Photo courtesy of Nikema Williams for Congress.
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5 things to watch in Georgia's 5th Congressional District election as candidates try to further John Lewis' legacy

by Frances Katz September 18, 2020September 22, 2020
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The end of austerity? How COVID-19 could enable real policy change

by Michael Cooper July 20, 2020September 16, 2020

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