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Successors and failures: Adulting after death

by Maya Miller January 25, 2023December 1, 2023
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Grief, a (grand)mother tongue

by Mele Girma January 10, 2023December 1, 2023
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Illustrated: The South isn't so anti-abortion after all. Kentucky proved it at the polls.

by Arwen Donahue and Phoebe Wagoner December 14, 2022December 1, 2023
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In Photos: A year in the life of Mississippi's 66th Choctaw Indian Princess

by Adria R. Walker November 22, 2022December 1, 2023
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Sentenced to Trauma: Inside the volatility and disorder of prison

by Carla J. Simmons November 21, 2022December 1, 2023
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Remembering Tyrik

by Ireashia Bennett October 4, 2022December 4, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'A modernized, streamlined incarceration experience.' New prison technology surveils life on both sides of the wall.

by Lyle C. May September 29, 2022December 4, 2023
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Bookmobiles to the rescue

by Leticia Urieta September 20, 2022December 4, 2023
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The abolitionist podcast that reveals how little you know about prison

by Alysia Nicole Harris June 23, 2022December 5, 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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This couple wants you to know that conjugal visits are only legal in 4 states

by Steve Higginbotham & Jordana Rosenfeld June 21, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

'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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I was on The First 48. Your true-crime obsession is based on lies.

by Demetrius Buckley June 20, 2022December 5, 2023
“Thoughts and prayers without action to prevent tragedy is faith without works.” Southern students speak out on legislation and safety fears.
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'Young people need power.' Southern students on safety, accountability, and what they need from adults

by Rainesford Stauffer June 7, 2022December 5, 2023
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Mildred's Mississippi: 'Roll of Thunder' as a love letter home

by Adria R. Walker May 24, 2022December 5, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

 I'm an abortion doula in the Deep South. This is what I want you to know.

by Nzingha H. May 18, 2022December 5, 2023
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Incarcerated Muslims in Florida celebrated Eid with limited accommodations

by Anthony Cobb and Khawla Nakua May 2, 2022December 5, 2023
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How Louisville photographers are keeping Breonna Taylor in focus

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

'Justifiable police homicide' and the ruse of American justice

by Da'Shaun Harrison, Joy James and Samaria Rice March 8, 2022November 14, 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.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

'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 inRACE & PLACE

Life and Death in Strawberry Land

by Autumn Fourkiller February 14, 2022November 13, 2023
Posted inARTS & SOUL

A granddaughter's gratitude

by Andrea Morales, MLK50 January 4, 2022January 3, 2022
Posted inARTS & SOUL

How radical feminist politics shaped one of ATL's most beloved neighborhoods

by Neesha Powell-Ingabire December 28, 2021January 19, 2022
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 inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

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
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Contraband Books: What Texas prisons have against Michelle Alexander, Frederick Douglass, and Alice Walker

by Julie Poole September 28, 2021September 28, 2021
The Reverend Kenneth B. Thomas Sr., pastor of Bethesda Worship and Healing Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas, hugs Cory Brigham after ordaining him into the ministry during Sunday service on August 15, 2021. All photos by Terrance Armstard for The Guardian.
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'We've come this far by faith:' Vaccines, religion, and community in Arkansas

by Sandra L. Combs and Terrance Armstard September 21, 2021September 21, 2021
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You're swamped? Join the club.

by Ko Bragg and Virginia Walcott September 17, 2021September 27, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Overdose deaths are reaching record highs in the South as COVID vaccines take priority

by Lovey Cooper September 10, 2021September 21, 2021
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Breaking Through COVID: What data can't tell about the South's vaccine rates

by Scalawag Editors and Scalawag Team September 9, 2021September 21, 2021

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