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"Prison labor is the essence of capitalism within the United States. Because of it, there's this mentality of needing to force [incarcerated people] to work and 'pay off' the debt they have to society. With that, comes the idea that we must work incarcerated folks to the bone because they are essentially slaves."

Illustrative header for Liberation Lineages, a photo series by Briana Blueitt
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Liberation Lineages

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Climate Resilience: A Scalawag Reading List

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Annunciation House
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Annunciation House and the Illegal Humanitarian

by Emmy Brett November 1, 2024November 4, 2024
On Being Undocumented in Houston’s Gaza Solidarity Student Movement
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On Being Undocumented in Houston's Gaza Solidarity Student Movement

by Anonymous October 31, 2024October 31, 2024
In the Open Air
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Love Letter From A Poet Under Empire

by mónica teresa ortiz September 5, 2024September 5, 2024
The Hell Inside Hell: Solitary Confinement in Texas Hides the Sexual Abuse of Women and Girls
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The Hell Inside Hell

by Kwaneta Harris May 30, 2024May 30, 2024
a list of things i did this summer
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a list of things i did this summer

by Aarohi Sheth May 29, 2024May 29, 2024
Pothole
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Pothole

by Jack Morillo May 29, 2024May 31, 2024
Giving Jim Grace
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Giving Jim Grace

by Joshua Burton May 29, 2024May 31, 2024
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East End Preserve, Galveston TX

by Maha Abdelwahab May 29, 2024May 29, 2024
Boiling on the Inside: Texas Inmates Weather Extreme Heat in non-Air Conditioned Prisons
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Boiling on the Inside

by Kwaneta Harris April 11, 2024April 16, 2024
Southern youth are speaking out on the mental health crisis, the challenges they face, and anxieties they hope to overcome.
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Notes on 'In Their Own Words,' a series on the youth mental health crisis

by Rainesford Stauffer September 14, 2023November 13, 2023
How prisons shaped the South's music history
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The Blues Behind Bars: How Southern prisons shaped American music

by Zeb Larson June 8, 2023June 7, 2023
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'We apologize for the inconvenience': The unsightliness of labor at the Blanton's 'Day Jobs'

by Julie Poole May 11, 2023May 16, 2023
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grief & other loves: National Poetry Month workshop series

by Scalawag Team March 16, 2023December 1, 2023
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These Muslim men are disrupting cycles of homelessness after prison

by Khawla Nakua March 14, 2023December 1, 2023
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In the soil, in the sound: Houston's Jamal Cyrus gets to the root of Southern Black aesthetics

by Alysia Nicole Harris November 17, 2022December 1, 2023
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On abortion, count on Gen Z for more than votes

by Rainesford Stauffer November 7, 2022December 1, 2023
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How we save ourselves: Interventions beyond the ballot box

by Anoa Changa October 11, 2022December 4, 2023
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How we build political power: Lessons from Texas and Florida organizers

by Anoa Changa October 11, 2022December 4, 2023
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Bookmobiles to the rescue

by Leticia Urieta September 20, 2022December 4, 2023
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'The imaginary line in the sand': Texas artist's installation challenges U.S.-Mexico border

by mónica teresa ortiz August 30, 2022December 4, 2023
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The number of women in U.S. prisons is skyrocketing, but little data exists about their experiences.

by Chloe Craig August 25, 2022December 4, 2023
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Women have long borne the brunt of over-policing. Now, they're the fastest-growing incarcerated population in Texas.

by Cynthia Simons August 25, 2022December 4, 2023
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'An unmanned, evil environment': Ashley Diamond and other trans women on life inside prison

by Ashley Diamond June 21, 2022December 5, 2023
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'I'll never have closure.' What TV gets wrong about having a dad in prison.

by Jordan Gass-Pooré June 20, 2022December 5, 2023
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In Texas' most populated counties, people-power and political power go hand-in-hand

by Anoa Changa April 29, 2022December 5, 2023
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Poetry & Playlists, Mix 04: Alive & Full

by Aurielle Lucier April 22, 2022November 30, 2022
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Poetry & Playlists, Mix 03: The Spaces Between

by mónica teresa ortiz April 15, 2022April 21, 2022

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