Without cops or school resource officers roaming the hallway, Abbott Elementary invites us into a world that’s possibility-laden, imaginative, and abolitionist.

Where to donate to mutual aid and water relief efforts in Jackson, Mississippi—and what organizers want you to know.

An exclusive look into the Invisible Histories Project collection—from Alabama drag queens in the 1920s to now

"GSU’s participation in prison industrial complex expansion raises concerns about troubling duplicity," students write in a letter to administration.

Wake County students want police out of their schools. But first, North Carolina’s School Resource Officer program needs to address its history of abuse.

Odetta Holmes sang at the 1963 March on Washington. We need her music now more than ever.

The Blanton Day Jobs art exhibition examines the everyday jobs of emerging and established artists, from dishwashers to gallery assistants.

Police keep a tight grip on public records—even those that the law requires them to share.

At the turn of the 20th century, with few children's books featuring Black characters, one young editor implored his peers to 'Let us make the world know that we are living.'

Incarcerated musicians have crafted some of the most iconic songs in American music history while prisons reap the profits.

The deadly connections between Atlanta's police department, Israel's occupation of Palestine, and the global struggle for liberation.

The best way to support reproductive justice is by giving our time and resources to providers and mutual-aid organizations across the South.

Agency data shows officers are finding just as many drugs — and writing up even more prisoners for having them — despite the restrictions. Contraband is most often brought in by staff, according to p…

Insufficient government response to the Maui wildfires follows a pattern of state abandonment forged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Journalism and storytelling that illuminates dissent, unsettles dominant narratives, pursues justice and liberation, and stands in solidarity with marginalized people and communities in the South.

“Do something. Pass legislation. ‘Thoughts and prayers’ without action to prevent tragedy is faith without works.”

Folks from Alabama to the hollers of Kentucky all the way to the Carolina coast continue to join the global movement to defend Black people and end white supremacy.

The Bureau of Prisons has piloted a program that could store reams of identifying information about senders and recipients of prison mail for many years.

Meet the interfaith organizers mobilizing their congregations to imagine a world of community care over one of violence and policing.

The best way to support reproductive justice is by giving our time and resources to providers and mutual-aid organizations across the South.

Princess Loko's catalog documents what it's like to be surveilled by cops and haters. But there’s a difference between being visible and being seen—even when Beyoncé puts you on.

From music to movies to podcasts, this guide to abolitionist media will help you understand the harms of the carceral state.

Police officers can now fill in for substitute teachers in Oklahoma—and in some cases earn 60 percent more than the teachers they’re replacing.

How the right to read is being restricted behind bars.

Odetta Holmes sang at the 1963 March on Washington. We need her music now more than ever.

How Southern abortion workers are prepping for a world without Roe v. Wade—and what you can do to help.

Police officers can now fill in for substitute teachers in Oklahoma—and in some cases earn 60 percent more than the teachers they’re replacing.

Prison officials said mailroom staff confiscated 568 items of contraband and drugs in one year.

Reclaiming the legacy of one of Duke University’s forgotten Black labor and civil rights organizers

Editor's note: Since 2016, Death Row prisoner Lyle May has provided Scalawag readers with critical insights into North Carolina's criminal justice system. From lyrical essays that humanize prisoners,...

In Empire Must Die, we explore EMPIRE: its endless expansion, and the carceral technologies invented to make this possible.

Meet the interfaith organizers mobilizing their congregations to imagine a world of community care over one of violence and policing.

How survivorship language eclipses victims' pain—and our responsibility.

Over 18 years after the storm, Black survivors of Hurricane Katrina open up about their ongoing battles with trauma, mental health, and PTSD.

The privileged are now faced with the opportunity to see that a revolution is coming—one way or another—and choose whether to fight for liberation or let authoritarianism set in.

As a Scalawag supporter, you'll support our nonprofit journalism and storytelling online and in-person—and you'll get some special perks, too.

Two billion Muslims are celebrating Eid, but the 10,000 Muslims incarcerated in Florida struggle to do so under restrictions and discriminatory accommodations.

The struggles I heard about and experienced convinced me that the state of Georgia does not run county jails—it runs concentration camps that it calls county jails.

Queer Southern painter Beauford Delaney was almost lost to history. Black arts organizers are recovering his legacy.

From music to movies to podcasts, this guide to abolitionist media will help you understand the harms of the carceral state.

"A Black woman on the Court has potential to expand the judicial imagination."

Meet Sherronda J. Brown and learn how they're bringing their passions for horror, Blackness, and the South to the forefront to shape Scalawag's focus and expand our audience.

Why Cop City, why here, and why now? The struggle for the Weelaunee Forest results from a decades-long fight over shifting dynamics of class and racial domination.

The deadly connections between Atlanta's police department, Israel's occupation of Palestine, and the global struggle for liberation.

"A Black woman on the Court has potential to expand the judicial imagination."

Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown wants rural Americans to know that they’re not forgotten.

Teresa and Kevin Springs inherited an overgrown farm in Mississippi. As they reclaim the land, they’re racing to reap farming lessons from community elders before it’s too late.

Here, solitary confinement has many aliases. This is so they can deny its existence. Don't be misled: it is alive and virtually absolute.

The same doctor also saw scores of other vulnerable, low-income women in the area.

An exclusive look into the Invisible Histories Project collection—from Alabama drag queens in the 1920s to now

How Southern abortion workers are prepping for a world without Roe v. Wade—and what you can do to help.

Over 18 years after the storm, Black survivors of Hurricane Katrina open up about their ongoing battles with trauma, mental health, and PTSD.

Attica Scott, Kentucky's only Black woman State Representative, now faces the same class of felony charges as one of the officers who shot Breonna Taylor.

Seven states in the nation—all in the South—prohibit those in prison from making money yet still charge medical fees. The physical and financial costs can follow incarcerated workers for years.

In 'Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir,' Akwaeke Emezi unpacks death, binaries, and colonialism.