Alabamians should be at the forefront of writing our nation’s next chapter. By Ed Hauser Ed Hauser is the chairman of the Associated Builders and Contractors Board. Data centers power…
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Greetings Family, I hope you’re doing well. My heart wants to send something weekly, but life has me sliding in like Eddie Cane Jr. sometimes. Still, we’re going to connect…
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In March of 1987, President Ronald Reagan designated March to raise awareness and support for people with developmental disabilities. Each year in March, three national organizations—the National Association of Councils…
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Austin Smith has been helping at-risk youth in Montgomery since he was in high school. Now he wants to do it from the Legislature. By Josh Moon Austin Smith had…
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Greetings Family, I hope you’re doing well. There has never been a time when truth-tellers, courageous risk-takers, and doers were not needed. But there are moments in history when that…
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Greetings Family, I really hope you’re doing well. The world is on fire, but here we are. It’s February. It’s my birth month. It’s Black History Month, and I’m excited…
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By Trisha Powell Crain BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — As Alabama schools show continued improvement in test scores and have received national recognition for recent academic gains, Rep. Terri Collins, R-Decatur, says the state’s…
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By Charles Hart Soujourner Truth and Me: Two Hundred Years Apart/A Part “Sojourner Truth, born Isabella, is one of the two most famous American women of the nineteenth century.”…
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He Was Born Enslaved — And His Life Helped Break the Chains of MillionsHis name was Josiah Henson.And long before his story changed history, it broke a child.A Childhood Stolen…
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This is an uncomfortable part of military history that is often minimized or ignored. In multiple wars, especially World War I and World War II, Black soldiers were frequently assigned…
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