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Sluggish hiring closes out a frustrating year for job seekers though unemployment slips to 4.4%

January 13, 2026 Bouldin 0

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS WASHINGTON (AP) — Sluggish December hiring concluded a year of weak employment gains that have frustrated job seekers even though layoffs and unemployment remained low.  Employers added just 50,000 jobs last […]

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WHY NOW? HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP’S VENEZUELA STRIKE FITS A LONG PATTERN OF PRESIDENTS ACTING WHILE CONGRESS IS GONE

January 6, 2026 Bouldin 0

SPEAKIN’  OUT NEWS WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a military strike against Venezuela and seize President Nicolás Maduro while Congress was on winter recess has raised alarm not only because of what […]

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American Dream at Risk: 75% of Homes Unaffordable, Study Finds

December 10, 2025 Bouldin 0

SPEAKIN’ OUT  NEWS A new national analysis shows that homeownership — long viewed as a cornerstone of the American Dream — is slipping further away from most U.S. families. According to personal finance firm Bankrate, […]

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Schools Nationwide See Sharp Declines in Immigrant Student Enrollment Amid Border Closures and Deportation Fears

November 19, 2025 Bouldin 0

 SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS From Miami to San Diego, public schools across the United States are reporting a dramatic drop in students from immigrant families — a shift that educators say is reshaping classrooms, budgets, and […]

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Debt Crisis Hits Home: $38 Trillion National Bill Threatens Alabama Jobs and Families

October 28, 2025 Bouldin 0

By SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. national debt surged past $38 trillion this week, marking the fastest jump in borrowing outside of the COVID-19 pandemic and deepening the strain of a federal government shutdown that […]

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Dr. Kim Cliett Long Honored with 2025 Historian Award at Black Women’s Agenda Symposium   

October 14, 2025 Bouldin 0

PRESS RELEASE Washington, D.C., September 26, 2025 — Dr. Kim Cliett Long received the 2025 Historian Award at the 48th Annual Symposium Awards Luncheon of the Black Women’s Agenda (BWA), the umbrella organization representing twenty-eight […]

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Pentagon Eyes Alabama for National Guard ‘Quick Reaction Force’ Base Amid Trump Security Push 

August 12, 2025 Bouldin 0

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS MONTGOMERY, AL — Alabama could become home to one of two proposed Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force (QRF) bases, according to The Washington Post, which obtained Pentagon documents outlining the plan. […]

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Alabama & Texas Redistricting Battles Highlight National Struggle Over Voting Rights

August 5, 2025 Bouldin 0

Federal Judges Weigh Preclearance After Alabama Dilutes Black Voting Power Federal judges on Tuesday pressed Alabama officials over a request to reimpose preclearance—a key provision of the Voting Rights Act (VRA)—on the state after courts […]

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24-Year-Old HBCU Olympic Gold Medalist Returns After Three-Year Ban

July 23, 2025 Bouldin 0

BlackNews.com Nationwide — Randolph Ross, an African American Olympic Gold Medalist and former HBCU track athlete from North Carolina A&T University, has quietly returned to competition after serving a three-year suspension for anti-doping rule violations. His […]

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Alabama Young Democrats Shine on the National Stage and at Home: Building Power, Raising Voices, Leading Change

July 22, 2025 Bouldin 0

by SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS This past weekend in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Alabama Young Democrats President Khadidah Stone and National Committeewoman Representative Zoie Roberson, along with several other Alabama delegates, proudly represented the state of Alabama on […]

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