Scalawag

Scalawag is a Southern-focused media and storytelling organization that uses journalism to challenge narratives that concentrate power and wealth among a few. Working in solidarity with oppressed communities across the South, it explores the region’s history, culture, politics, and ongoing struggles while pursuing a more liberated future. Its coverage spans Race & Place, Politics & the People, Arts & Soul, and media, culture, and meaning, with reporting, essays, interviews, poetry, and other creative work.

Stories address issues including racial justice, abolition, reproductive freedom, education, organizing, queer communities, and the arts, often connecting present-day events with the South’s history of slavery, segregation, and exploitation. Scalawag also publishes newsletters and invites readers to engage through submissions, membership, and donations that support movement journalism. Its website features a shop and social media channels alongside its editorial work.

By centering Southern voices and community-rooted perspectives, Scalawag offers readers a platform for critical reflection, cultural expression, and reporting that questions who shapes public narratives and who benefits from them