The Black Census Project
Again and again, Black communities treated democracy not as a gift to be gratefully received, but as a system that could and must be made to work as advertised.
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
Houston Birth Workers Respond to the Black Maternal Health Crisis
Panelists emphasized the need to decrease our dependency on carceral systems and solutions like the family policing system, which is also destroying the ability for Black people and Black birthgivers to live lives free of surveillance—which has been masked as a way to achieve "safety"—and violence, as it is rooted in white supremacy and racism.…
Arts & Soul
Astrodome Feb 23, 2001
Even when the song competes my cotton candy pink regale keeps up the sugar stays The airs gone on the latest train to Georgia.
Race & Place
Prisons and Profit: Rebuilding Injustice 20 Years After Hurricane Katrina
One might suspect that Hurricane Katrina would be a wake-up call. The unconscionable actions during and after the storm could not go unnoticed, and their occurrence would undoubtedly bring additional scrutiny. Which it did. So, why is the prison still considered among the worst in the nation?
Essays & Letters
Surviving Fascism: Lessons from Jim Crow
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