Politics – Page 35

Why the GOP Beats the Pants off the Democrats

November 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson The GOP beat the pants off the Democrats in Virginia, maybe New Jersey. It does that in far too many off-year elections that shake the political tree nationally. The wins are […]

COMMENTARY: Why Won’t Democrats Fight?

November 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor NNPA NEWSWIRE — Politics is the art of compromise. Someone needs to send Mitch McConnell the memo. He does not want to raise the debt ceiling, putting a vote […]

Two Lawsuits Challenge Alabama’s Congressional Redistricting

November 10, 2021 Bouldin 0

by Alabama News Network Staff The congressional district plan approved by the Alabama Legislature during a special session last week already faces challenges from two federal lawsuits. Both lawsuits claim the new map, which maintained […]

OP-ED: Black America Supports Biden’s Build Back Better and Infrastructure Bills

November 5, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEO NNPA NEWSWIRE — Now is the time for the Congress of the United States to act and to vote to pass President […]

Racial makeup of congressional districts will be issue in Alabama special session

October 29, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Mike Cason Black lawmakers hold one-fourth of the seats in the Alabama Legislature, closely tracking the state population, which is about 27% Black. But in Washington, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, is the only Black […]

U.S. House Votes to End Sentencing Disparity Between Crack and Powder Cocaine

October 15, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Lauren Victoria Burke,NNPA Newswire Contributor NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 2009, Congressman Bobby Scott led an effort in the U.S. House to eliminate the crack/cocaine disparity in the Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act. That effort […]

PROJECT AIMS TO ID VOTING RIGHTS MARCHERS OF ‘BLOODY SUNDAY’

October 8, 2021 Bouldin 0

by Alabama Daily News SELMA, Ala. (AP) — The world knows the names of John Lewis and a few more of the voting rights demonstrators who walked across Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 only […]

Archibald: Alabama Supreme Court dares to trample your rights

October 1, 2021 Bouldin 0

By John Archibald Alabama. We dare defend our rights. Horse hockey. Because the rights of Alabamians to see and understand their government were smashed to specks this week by the court that is supposed to watch […]

Senate Democrats ready to solve prison problem

October 1, 2021 Bouldin 0

By Kirsten J. Barnes, Communications Director Senate Minority MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Legislature convened Monday, September 27, 2021, with a specific purpose: to build prisons to alleviate the overcrowding and substandard conditions for both prisoners […]

Representatives Beatty, Cooper and Sewell Introduce Legislation to Establish National Rosa Parks Day

September 24, 2021 Bouldin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 2005, Joyce Beatty, then-Member of the Ohio General Assembly, spearheaded legislation to designate December 1st as “Rosa Parks Day” in the State of Ohio – making the Buckeye State the first […]