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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Woman found dead in Alabama jail just days after being detained
The nature of Washington’s death has not yet been made public. By Alex Jobin Recently, Leanna Washington, 36, of LaGrange, Georgia was found dead in the James Morgan County Detention…
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Justice at a cost: Panel explores burden of Alabama’s fines and fees
Alabama’s reliance on fees and fines in the justice system creates a vicious cycle for those with the inability to pay, experts said. By Jacob Holmes Alabama’s reliance on fees…
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Changes Coming To Alabama Education
In 2013, the Alabama State Legislature passed the Alabama Accountability Act (AAA) and amended it in 2015, establishing a statewide scholarship program for low income students to attend public or…
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“BLACK HISTORY: TELL IT LIKE IT WAS”
“BLACK HISTORY: THE LOWS/ HIGHS, THE BAD/GOOD, LEARN, REFLECT, TELL IT LIKE IT WAS & IS” This is a painful yet a ‘must acknowledgment’ of our history (American History). Too…
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