Into the Thicket
Freedom Colonies are towns and communities that were founded by freed slaves after Emancipation was announced in Galveston in 1865. Before that, we know these places to be marooned communities. There are over 500 estimated Freedom Colonies in the state of Texas.
Over the past few months, we've lost critical funding because we stand in solidarity with the most oppressed. We told the truth. And that makes some people uncomfortable. But we didn't build Scalawag for comfort. We built it for liberation.
Southern politics
"The day of his murder is very much still alive": José Felan shares his story from the George Floyd uprisings
What happened to George Floyd can happen to anyone. The government, ICE, police, Border Patrol, etc., operate on a system of random selection. Today it happened to me, tomorrow it may happen to you. This is why it is very important to get involved. Every voice matters.
Arts & Soul
Hurricane Season
Dear bayou with the hill-topped hissing grass, dear bayou beyond the church, the bald flowers, the ant hills, and all the green lacewings mocking my curl pattern, my fuss and envy: enrage me, undo my skin from its fantasy of unit.
Race & Place
"A Good Place to Raise a Boy": Masculinity and the Murder of Emmett Till
Coming into Sumner, Mississippi, in 1955, there was a sign that read "Sumner: A Good Place to raise a boy." I am presented with the question: raising a boy to be what? It has been seventy years since the murder of Emmett Till. The question still presents itself: how do we raise boys into the…
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