By John Sharp Alabama’s municipal elections in 2020 brought about changes in mayoral seats and on city councils in most cities from North Alabama to the Gulf Coast. Voters elected public officials who were scheduled […]
By Mike Cason The leader of the Democratic minority in the Alabama House of Representatives said the caucus is gathering information about a plan to build two new men’s prisons and close four old ones, […]
By Howard Koplowitz A voting rights bill sponsored by Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, and named after Alabama native, civil rights leader and late Rep. John Lewis, did not have the backing of Sewell’s state colleagues […]
By Dennis Pillion Alabama Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Mo Brooks urged the crowd at a rally for former President Donald Trump to move past disputing the 2020 presidential election results and “put that behind you,” […]
By Rhonna-Rose Akama-Makia, Director of Engagement, Think Rubix NNPA NEWSWIRE — The world is calling for representation that resembles them. Their identity, their existence, their story. Many are answering the call and stepping up, opening […]
By Roy S. Johnson and Cameron Smith Something intriguing occurred during the most recent session of the Alabama legislature. Something historic, possibly seismic. And it happened quietly, with only conversations and negotiations between a specific group […]
Earl Ofari Hutchinson First, it was Juneteenth. Now it’s Willie O’Ree. Let’s take both and then try to see what the GOP is up to. Remember seeming from nowhere all fifty GOP senators enthusiastically signed […]
By Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill A growing number of left-leaning political activists and thinkers are proposing that Democrats should legalize non-citizen voting in a purely political power grab. In America, voting is […]
By Mike Cason Alabama has already learned from the 2020 Census that its population grew enough — to a tad over five million — to keep its seven seats in Congress. On Aug. 16, the […]
Earl Ofari Hutchinson There’s nothing new about the term critical race theory. The term goes back almost four decades. Then, a handful of Black scholars and writers came up with the term to name what […]
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