Expanding Medicaid and ending the state sales tax on groceries will remain the top goals on Alabama Arise’s 2024 legislative agenda. The group also will pursue a multifaceted approach to…
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Jim Jordan……….really?
It always boggled my mind to understand how on earth the “Evangelicals” could support a man like Donald Trump. Now here they come with their support for Jim Jordan for…
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Lawsuits allege Alabama discriminates against children with disabilities
The lawsuits allege children are being segregated in on-site “schools” at residential treatment facilities and are not given the same educational opportunities. Recently, multiple federal lawsuits were filed against Alabama…
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Opinion: What a day for Alabama Republicans
The national embarrassment of the state recently was truly something to behold. By JOSH MOON Recently there was a banner day for the Alabama Republican Party. Let us count the ways.…
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Opinion : It’s time for Alabama A&M to head to Montgomery
The federal government calculates that AAMU and other historically black, land grant institutions were severely underfunded. By DAVID PERSON Between 1927 and 1962 when Dr. J.F. Drake was the president of…
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Republicans Pushing For Privatizing Social Security
We have all heard the saying that if you repeat a lie long enough it will be believed. The assertion that Social Security faces big problems requiring large benefit cuts…
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ADVOCACY AND PRAYERS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH
America acknowledges October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month each year, advocating and raising awareness for victims of domestic violence. According to the website www.tcfv.org/awareness/, in October 1981, the National Coalition…
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The Biggest Failure of the Alabama Democratic Party
The biggest failure of the Alabama Democratic Party is their failure to stand behind former Alabama Democratic Governor Don Siegelman the only politician to win all of Alabama’s top elected…
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Union Baptist Church: A 128-Year History
By Ashton Gray Union Baptist Church, founded in 1895, holds a significant place in history as one of the oldest religious establishments established by African-Americans during the late 19th century…
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How Black Organizations Lose Credibility
Devalued Awards and appointed positions in the black community like that of the Alabama Conference of Black Mayors are killing the actual achievements of regular folks at the grassroots level…
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