Arise 2022: Alabama’s death penalty practices remain unjust and unusually cruel Americans increasingly oppose the death penalty. Gallup found that opposition to the death penalty more than doubled in the…
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Category: Interesting & Political
It’s ‘White People’
If there’s nothing wrong with discussing Black voters, Hispanic neighborhoods, and Native American culture, why is the media so afraid to mention whiteness? By Michael Harriot What’s going on with white…
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ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
I am so tired of hearing a crying, whimpering, small-minded, lying, low IQ child screaming and yelling, “THEY STOLE MY ELECTION.” FIRST OFF, IT WAS NOT HIS ELECTION. IT WAS…
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Ending The “Uncivil War”
As I watched President Biden’s powerful and heartfelt Inauguration Address, I couldn’t help but painfully remember Trump’s “American Carnage” speech given at that same podium four years ago. Like many Americans still…
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Southern Poverty Law Center
An Update from SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang Last week’s events at the Capitol were horrific. Never before have we seen the Confederate flag flying in our nation’s Capitol,…
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01/06/21 Was Predictable
By Mark S. Money, Gadsden Alabama What happened on 01/06/21 was totally predictable. It was obvious to any conscious, aware individual in 2016 that Donald Trump had authoritarian impulses, was…
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Alabama Arise Executive Director Releases Statement
Condemns Insurrection, Demands Protection and Expansion of Voting Rights By Alabama Arise Executive Director Robyn Hyden “The assault on the U.S. Capitol this week was a violent and racist attack…
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America May Not Be So Lucky Next Time
Opinion by Benjamin L. Ginsberg The country was lucky that President Trump and his reelection campaign were so inept. He ultimately lost by a wide margin, and his challenges to the…
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Moratorium on Federal Student Loan Payments Extended until 1/ 31/21
By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday extended the suspension of federal student loan payments through the end of January, giving Congress and the incoming Biden administration time to put…
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Socialism Would Destroy the America We Love
As an 84-year old man, it is hard to comprehend how America has changed so much in a few decades. Especially, of how they now perceive, the precious rights and liberties…
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