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By Ashley Remkus, The Associated Press The Huntsville City Council, while looking at racial disparities in arrest rates, discussed allowing police officers to ticket people for misdemeanor marijuana possession, rather than taking them to jail. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A local grassroots organization is upping the ante and offering to fill the funding gap to help ensure more Madison County residents have access to the county’s voter list after the Madi- […]

by Robin Miller, Ivy Leaf Reporter, (MEMPHIS, TN.) – – The 90th South Eastern Regional Conference of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® was held in Memphis, Tennessee on March 3-6, 2022. Over four thousand five […]

by: Samson Tamijani, WHNT News 19 MADISON COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Members Members of the Madison County Commission debated Wednesday whether or not to fund the publishing of the registered voters list, 300,000 strong, in […]

by Earl Ofari Hutchinson In one dumb and embarrassing split-second, Will Smith and Chris Rock managed to reinforce a couple of the worst stereotypes about Black males. First Rock, he stepped way over the line […]

Compiled by Speakin’ Out News Alabama Black-owned newspapers Speakin’ Out News, The Birmingham Times, The Greene County Democrat, and The Mobile Beacon continues in the Legacy of the Black Press of America Founded on March […]

By Dennis Pillion, The Associated Press On the eve of the Selma Jubilee, commemorating the “Bloody Sunday” march that helped catalyze support for the Voting Rights Act 57 years ago, the head of the U.S. Environmental […]

Story submitted by Lakeside United Methodist Church with courtesy photos Under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Randy Kelley, Pastor, Lakeside United Methodist Church held its Community Hero and Heroine Awards to honor residents from the […]

By Bilal G. Morris Life needs perspective. Malcolm X learned that when he traveled to Mecca to take his pilgrimage in April 1964. It’s heartbreaking to think about the pain his pregnant wife and four […]