GENEALOGY ACHIEVERS Many of us have ‘achievers’ (including ourselves) of whom we can proudly say, “I AM BLACK HISTORY”!!! Our ‘family trees’ usually be traced to 3 generations. I want…
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Pregnant women could defer prison sentences under proposed law
By Mary Claire Wooten Alabama bill allows pregnant women to defer incarceration and provide postpartum care for 12 weeks, with probation until that date. An Alabama representative has filed a…
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Child Custody Laws In Alabama May Change
For over 25 years, I spent my career in Family Law, where child custody cases were always the most difficult. When I first began my job, the law in North…
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Doug Jones Slams Trump’s Oval Office Clash with Zelenskyy as ‘Embarrassing’ and ‘Pathetic’
Former Alabama Senator Doug Jones sharply criticized former President Donald Trump’s public confrontation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, calling it “one of the most embarrassing, pathetic episodes in American history.”…
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Closing The Divide-A Case for Courtland, AL Reunification
When I talk about a reunited Courtland, the reaction I get the most is: “But you don’t know what happened back then.” But today, everyone except maybe 1 person who…
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Alabama prisoners dying at a rate four times the national average
By Jacob Holmes Fewer people died inside the prisons than in 2023, when prisoners were five times as likely to die as the national average. The Alabama Department of Corrections…
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Dear Democrats
Dear Democrats: I have sat and wondered how to put into words what I am feeling. I have spoken with several of you who are also going through the emotional…
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The GOP Budget and You
If you are feeling like me as you read this horror of a budget then you can’t help but look at our right-wing friends and say “I told ya so!” …
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Attention!
Elon Musk now has access to a Treasury unit called the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, which disburses trillions in payments each year, including Social Security checks and federal salaries. There’s…
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Alabama Keeps Black Prisoners for Low-Wage Jobs
‘Easily Exploited’: Alabama Conspiring to Keep Black Prisoners Locked Up In Effort to Keep Them Working Low-Wage Jobs For a ‘Lucrative Profit-Making Engine’, Lawsuits Argue By Jill Jordan Sieder A year…
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