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The social media accounts linked to from @Scalawag are: • Instagram • Threads • X • Bluesky Besides social media accounts, Scalawag has populated their site with: • Donate to Scalawag • Read our Twitter thread on North Carolina banning mail in prisons • Drop some coins in our tip jar • The longest-running Indigenous radio show in Texas • Join our email list • A Country Queer Dispatch • Check out our latest stories • Atlanta and the politics of the losing South • Florida's legacy of slow-rolling parole keeps thousands of people behind bars—some, for decades past their eligibility date • Poetry & Playlists: 2 Poems by Emily Brown • During Civil Rights Era, Native American Communities in the South Armed Themselves Against the Klan • Sign up for our newsletters • The Press in Prison: A media training and guidebook from Scalawag • Scenes from the picket line: Kellogg workers are still on strike in Memphis and across the country • Real museums of Memphis • The Black opera that stunned America's most segregated stage • Black farmers build their own food scene in Forsyth County, NC • Without paid leave, the South's COVID school policies cause a terrible trickle down for families • Queer Black grxl survival in the thick of it all: Aurielle Marie's Gumbo Ya Ya • New Orleans has a trash problem. Thanks to climate change, your city probably will, too. • Nnenna Freelon on Black love over space, time and music • Meet Da'Shaun Harrison, Scalawag's new Editor-at-Large • Exploring the solar system through Indigenous winter solstice traditions • Scalawag's 2021 Sick & Shut In List • New Year's Revolution: A poem by E Martinez • How a “flamboyantly gay” photo session honoring a grandfather became a celebration • How radical feminist politics shaped one of ATL's most beloved neighborhoods • When reparations grow from the grassroots • The Queer Color Series: Artist Patrick Di Rito explores sexuality and mental health • In celebration of bell hooks: Three poems from ‘Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place.’ • Read, Watch, Listen, Do: Black History Month recommendations • Get a free copy of Christian J. Collier's new poetry chapbook "The Gleaming of the Blade" • In Teen Vogue: What Scalawag's 30-day paid winter break did for our majority Black, queer staff • No teacher? Call a cop, says Oklahoma governor • Introducing: grief & other loves, a new series from Scalawag • Join our 2/17 Twitter Space: Who keeps us safe? An HBCU roundtable • Life and Death in Strawberry Land • Da’Shaun Harrison on anti-Blackness as anti-fatness and their violent intersections • In their own words: Children on rallying for justice for Ahmaud Arbery • Twitter thread on how to show solidarity with queer folks in the South • 'Who keeps us safe?' An HBCU roundtable on violence and accountability • A queer and in-color geography: From Mumbai to West Virginia • 'Justifiable police homicide' and the ruse of American justice: On the DOJ's refusal to reopen the investigation of Tamir Rice's murder • From Them: Anti-trans legislation that moved forward this week • Losing Nanny, inheriting her home, and surviving the first year • How Louisville photographers are keeping Breonna Taylor in focus • Bilingual in sarcasm y solidaridad: Meet De Colores Radio, the Tejana-led podcast you need to hear • Join us 4/22 at 12:30 pm EST for Black & Lit: A Q&A with Florida authors Deesha Philyaw & Dawnie Walton • Poetry & Playlists: Mix 01, The Intro • 'Left to hold my grief alone.' Grieving platonic love in a culture of romantic domination • Poetry & Playlists, Mix 02: Rituals • Poetry & Playlists, Mix 03: The Spaces Between • Need a new read? Grab discounted copies of the books we love on our Bookshop page • A Black kingdom in postbellum Appalachia • Poetry & Playlists, Mix 04: Alive & Full • RSVP for our *free* virtual poetry reading Friday April 29 from 12:30 - 1:30 pm EST • We’re hiring: Join the team as our first-ever Director of Movement Partnerships • Incarcerated Muslims in Florida celebrate Eid with limited accommodations • Send $ to local orgs providing abortion care in the South • Grief and healing in an antiblack world: Read Da'Shaun Harrison's new grief & other loves essay. • Pitch a piece for Scalawag's third annual Abolition Week, happening June 20-24 • 'Abortion bans don't scare us.' Deep South doulas are ready for a post-Roe future. • Mildred's Mississippi: 'Roll of Thunder' as a love letter home • Get abolitionist media in your inbox every Friday • Abolition, popular culture, and justice: introducing 'pop justice' • 'Young people need power.' Southern students on safety, accountability, and what they need from adults • Scalawag's 3rd annual Abolition Week • Four headline mistakes newsrooms need to abolish to do better reporting about police • Beauford Delaney was James Baldwin’s queer elder. Now, he’s ours, too. • Media coverage of abortion is under attack • 'The rest of the world tells us that these bodies are killing us': Da’Shaun Harrison on anti-fatness as anti-Blackness • Roe is down. Keep supporting these Southern abortion funds. • Finding a grammar for grief: Love, loss, and the limits of language • Read, Watch, Listen, Do: An Abolitionist Media Guide • 'Impact of an Icon': Grieving Young Dolph in South Memphis • Appalachian Flood Support Resources via Appalshop • I was on The First 48. Your true-crime obsession is based on lies. • Virginia was primed to teach Black history. Then the nation's first anti-critical race theory governor took office. • The Grief You Give: A guide for what to say in the wake of loss • As Mississippi loses Black farmers fast, this couple sows solidarity • Longtime Memphis rapper Princess Loko died in obscurity. Will a Beyoncé feature grant her the 'Renaissance' she's overdue? • White reporters: It's time to pop your parachute and share your byline • I grew up against a backdrop of white evangelical power. Florida's new CRT ban means even more Black students will, too. • The number of women in U.S. prisons is skyrocketing, but little data exists about their experiences. • 'The imaginary line in the sand': Texas artist's installation challenges U.S.-Mexico border • Abolition: For Your Consideration—pop justice takes on the 2022 74th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards • Coyote’s Ghost is afraid of owls • 'beyond a better hell' • 7 in-person voting dos and don'ts • The Art of Black Regard • Subscribe and listen to As The South Votes • pop justice: From Slime City to Cop City • From Atlanta to Palestine: A Statement of Solidarity • Forever, I Love(d) Atlanta • This is the Atlanta Way: A primer on Cop City. • 31 Days in Dekalb County Hell • Making State Enemies • The Taking of Peachtree-Pine and the Dawning of Cop City • To Save the Soul of Weelaunee • 'Please Keep Playing.' An open letter to my son, Remix • How to Build the End of the World • The New Orleans Musicians' Clinic's crisis of credibility • Art under capitalism: Why 'Day Jobs' aren't enough • Imprisoning Palestine • Nightmares & Daydreams: Welcome to maximum security • Art under aggression • 'Prisoner of War' — A Scalawag exclusive • Diaries of Blood • When free-bleeding ain't free • The criminalization of grief • Mausoleums: The Art of Necromancy • Dark Matter • Conspiracyz & the Dept. of Censorship • 'Young people need power.' Southern students on safety, school, and accountability • (Super) Maxed Out: The demise of Alabama prisons • Who said we all survived? • An anthology for people over capitalism • Great Grief: A podcast with Nnenna Freelon • Follow us on Twitter • A Week of Writing: Stop Cop City • Abolition Week 2023 • Donate now to help us reach our goal of $20,000 by 9/1.