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Why your new diet is antiblack

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pop justice: the 'chicken salad' pipeline

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Abolition, popular culture, and justice: introducing 'pop justice'

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Q&A: Southern abortion providers on what the media's getting wrong

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Scalawag welcomes Da'Shaun Harrison as Editor-at-Large

As a Southern, abolitionist media outlet, Scalawag deeply honors and centers those who take on the work of dismantling any structure in the way of liberation. We're excited to continue that tradition by welcoming Da'Shaun Harrison to the Scalawag…

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'The rest of the world tells us that these bodies are killing us'

It takes more than good intentions to transform the South. It takes money. Donate today Not today. What the hell is a Scalawag? About us. Da'Shaun Harrison hates the word thick. After reading their debut book, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of…

'Who would want their child to miss everything?'

It takes more than good intentions to transform the South. It takes money. Donate today What the hell is a Scalawag? About us. Editor's note: From 2018 – 2019, I taught a writing class to a group of kids who were serving adult sentences in…

Akwaeke Emezi: 'A dead thing sentenced to life'

It takes more than good intentions to transform the South. It takes money. Donate today What the hell is a Scalawag? About us. Content warning: this story discusses suicide. Throughout my reading of Akwaeke Emezi's Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit…

A woman-majority jury convicted Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd

A jury of mostly women convictedformer Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd in one of the most consequential police brutality trials in history. Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder,…

Four girls testified in the Derek Chauvin trial. Here’s what they told the jury.

At the center of one of the biggest police brutality cases in a generation is a teenage girl and a 10-minute video she shot on her cell phone. On May 25, 2020, Darnella Frazier pulled out her phone and captured the moments leading up to when George…

Ayanna Pressley wants girls of color to stop being punished disproportionately

Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Friday is reintroducing legislation aimed at ending the disproportionate punishment and detention girls of color face in schools. Although boys are suspended and disciplined in school in greater numbers, the disparity between…

‘WAP’ and the politics of Black women’s bodies

Since Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B’s “WAP” debuted last summer to critical acclaim, conservative politicians and far-right media figures have used it to lambast feminism and rap, claiming the explicit nature of the song — with its sex-positive…

‘We keep it alive in our culture’: The legacy of U.S. policy, violence against Asian American women

Tuesday night in the Atlanta area, a White gunman opened fire in three spas, killing eight people. All but one of the victims were women, including six of Asian descent. It seemed to be a grim culmination of events: During the pandemic, in the…

Her son couldn’t breathe. Advocating for equitable health care made this mom feel like she couldn’t either.

When Amira Carson-Carey was in labor last April, she felt so alone. It was two weeks after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, changing course, asked the public to mask up, but Amira was bare faced at the University of Mississippi Medical…

“There’s so much death around”: Eight women reflect on one year of COVID-19

On January 21, 2020, the United States had its first confirmed COVID-19 case, weeks after the virus had spread through Wuhan, China, and just as South Korea recorded its first case of the virus. But much of the nation didn’t feel the weight of the…

‘It was just horrifying’: Meghan and Harry’s viral interview sparked emotions for Black women

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry sat down with Oprah Winfrey in a gripping interview that illustrated why the couple sought distance from the business of royalty. Meghan spoke openly about issues of race, mental well-being and the…

‘Can’t wait to tell my grandkids I was here’: The women arrested for storming the Capitol

On January 6, Lisa Eisenhart and her son Eric Munchel, 30, departed the lobby of the Grand Hyatt hotel around noon, bulletproof tactical vests over their clothes and coffee cups in hand. They had driven from Nashville to Washington, D.C., to attend…

Courts asked to analyze ‘undue burden’ of Florida’s felony disenfranchisement law on Black women

Rosemary McCoy didn’t vote in the 2020 election — she couldn’t. Instead she put boots to the ground in Duval County, Florida, asking people if they would exercise their right to vote because she had been disenfranchised. “Is it possible for you to go…

Reporter's Notebook: The Power of Proximity

Member-supported, grassroots media. Uplifting Black, Brown, and queer voices across the South—no matter who's in office. Donate Now Editor's note: "Bound by Statute" was a story originally produced by Reveal from the Center for Investigative…