A sticker of Union General John T. Croxton on a Tuscaloosa street sign By Chance Phillips If they had any honor, every Congressperson who voted to reinstall the Confederate Memorial…
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Record number of hate groups were active in 2023: SPLC report
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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Opinion | The price of ignorance
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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15,000 workers in Alabama are paid minimum wage or below: report
The number of Alabama workers earning the minimum wage or less increased by 50 percent between 2022 and 2023. By CHANCE PHILLIPS The number of Alabama workers earning the minimum…
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Union or No Union? That Is The Question
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”
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
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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Alabama lawmaker to file new concealed carry bill
By WSFA 12 News Staff MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – An Alabama lawmaker says he is introducing legislation he hopes will strengthen Alabama’s gun laws. A law signed in 2022 made the…
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Alabama’s First Class Pre-K leads the nation in quality
Alabama’s First Class Pre-K leads the nation in quality for 18th year Alabama is one of only five states in the country to meet 10 of 10 research-based quality standard…
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Opinion | Alabama must ban ranked choice voting to ensure secure elections
Ranked choice voting is an excessively confusing and complicated system designed to make winners out of losers. By SECRETARY OF STATE WES ALLEN On the heels of Alabama’s ballot harvesting…
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