By Chance Phillips The latest SPLC annual report identified 20 hate and antigovernment extremist groups active in Alabama and hundreds of hateful incidents. On June 4, the Southern Poverty Law…
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By Josh Moon For a long time now in Alabama, we have let ignorance be our guide. The bill has been steep. Ignorance is expensive. Just take a look around…
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By Courtney Cohn The U.S. Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s 200th federal judge today, which is more judicial appointments than the past five presidents had at this point in their administrations,…
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Too many African Americans/Blacks have latched on to the phrase “What has Biden done?” and that in itself is a sad two-fold statement. On one hand they’ve done a lot…
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First off this Memorial Day I have so much respect for my loved ones & friends who are living their Oath of Enlistment and honoring your service. There’s no honor…
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This coming week the workers at Mercedes in Vance, Alabama will be voting on whether or not they will become a Union plant. The United Auto Workers Union is one…
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Opinion | Supreme Court’s thin veil of “good faith” in racial gerrymandering case But this is a dog that may one day turn to bite its master. By BILL BRITT…
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Federal Court in Alabama Hears Black Mayor’s Challenge to White Town Leaders Blocking Him From Office WASHINGTON, D.C. — The first Black mayor in Newbern, Alabama filed a lawsuit against white town leaders…
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Thank You For Your Service! “Then you have to remember to be thankful; but in May one simply can’t help being thankful that they are alive, if for nothing else.”…
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(Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own.) OPINION: A fictional letter explaining why and how Black people can say no to…
View More Dear Becky, No, I will not be attending your plantation wedding