Seekin' Freedom: The Hidden Curriculum of the Sea Islands
On the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia, enslaved men and women built something that has never fit comfortably into the standard account of American religious history: a private course of study, weeks or months long, that a person had to complete alone before a congregation would accept them. It was…
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Southern politics
Fighting Zombie Laws: Inside Fund Texas Choice v. Deski
Soon after Paxton's advisory, many Texas abortion funds went dark. One by one, the organizations that made up the Texas abortion access network stopped answering requests, stopped booking travel, and stopped funding healthcare.
Arts & Soul
Why I started a record label (and other people should, too)
While DIY music culture has typically been credited as being pioneered by the white- and male-dominated punk and later hardcore scenes of the 1970s and 1980s, independent (or DIY) labels have been historic markers in the fight for creative and financial independence for artists of all genres—particularly Black artists—since as early as the 1920s.
Race & Place
Lay Down Body
My maternal grandmother's last words to my momma and uncle, her two youngest, were, "I'm getting out of this hospital tomorrow and I'm gone take y'all down to the fair grounds." My momma was 13. My uncle was 11. And my grandma wouldn't live to fulfill those wishes. At the age of 47, on a…
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Militainment and virtual zombie warfare
Essays & Letters
Surviving Fascism: Lessons from Jim Crow
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