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By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes A new study by researchers at Harvard University and the University of Washington found that pandemic programs to provide meals to kids when schools closed reached millions of families and helped address food insecurity. With […]

By Sandra F. Beckard, Speakin’ Out News staff writer Now that the cameras are on Jackson, Mississippi, and the World is watching, the Republican Governor, Tate Reeves and his cronies in the Mississippi legislature are […]

Story and photos by Greg Miley, Speakin’ Out News staff writer Teacher and activist Opal Lee a.k.a the”Grandmother ofJuneteenth”visitedHuntsville. She was responsible for President Joe Biden making Juneteenth a federally-recognized holiday. The United Women of […]

By Dennis Pillion The mayor of the small city of Vincent said the town couldn’t legally fire police officers for exchanging racist text messages due to legal issues. So, the city 35 miles southeast of Birmingham […]

By Mike Cason  The Alabama Democratic Party today elected Huntsville pastor Randy Kelley as the party chair. Kelley, a longtime leader in the party, replaces Rep. Chris England of Tuscaloosa, who did not seek another term. […]

By Sarah Swetlik, The Associated Press Alabama women have consistently earned less than both their national and male counterparts, and even as the nation pushes for equity, earn, on average, $12,700 less than men in […]

Sarah Whites-Koditschek  As costs of living go up with rising inflation, affordable housing remains out of reach for many in Alabama, according to a report by the National Low Income Housing Coalition. An Alabamian earning […]

By Sarah Whites-Koditschek Erica Martin’s 16-year-old daughter loves to play the French Horn in her Opelika school band. But after Alabama demanded back $15,000 of the pandemic unemployment it paid Martin, she could barely pay the […]

By Carol Robinson Dozens of people were arrested, multiple human trafficking victims identified and helped, and seven missing children recovered, during a month-long operation surrounding the World Games in Birmingham. Homeland Security Investigations carried out the […]

By Savannah Tryens-Fernandes, The Associated Press Portia Shepherd has worked with about 50 teenagers in small, rural Alabama communities since March, teaching them abstinence as well as contraceptive use and personal responsibility. “We see the […]