Makaelah Walters

Makaelah Walters

Makaelah is a writer for Facing South, an online magazine published by the Institute for Southern Studies. She is the institute's 2022 Julian Bond Fellow. Previously, she was a reporter for the Wataug

5 posts
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Education

Schools brace for programs to dissolve as emergency relief funding dries up

COVID-19 relief funding provided critical relief to public schools for three years

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4 Min
By: Makaelah Walters
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Gender & LGBTQIA+

Trans people are taking care of their own

T4T, a caregiving community for trans people seeking gender-affirming care, shares the joys of their work and how they’re navigating the political landscape

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10 Min
By: Makaelah Walters
color photograph of an outdoor protest against the police. in the foreground is a yellow sign in the shape of a police badge
Crime, Reform & Abolition

Caregivers on the front lines of Chicago’s abolitionist movement

Mothers in Chicago are partnering with the UN to pressure Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to pardon all survivors of police torture and wrongful convictions

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6 Min
By: Makaelah Walters
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Crime, Reform & Abolition

Universal basic income eases caregiving after incarceration

Formerly incarcerated residents in Alachua County, Florida, are navigating reentry and caregiving as a universal basic income program comes to a close

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5 Min
By: Makaelah Walters
How human rights and immigration advocates are challenging discriminatory utility policies in the South
Immigration

How human rights and immigration advocates are challenging discriminatory utility policies in the South

Advocates in Georgia are continuing to combat policies that deny utility services to people without Social Security numbers

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5 Min
By: Tina Vásquez, Makaelah Walters

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