Gun safety organizations draw attention to death of transgender teen in Mobile
Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action attributed a Mobile teenager’s death to anti-transgender bigotry and easy access to guns.
UAW petitions National Labor Relations Board to rerun Mercedes election
The UAW’s latest filing adds to the list of legal complaints and investigations Mercedes is currently facing.
Proposed 2024 Farm Bill would cut SNAP benefits by nearly $30 billion
Almost 750,000 people in Alabama receive SNAP benefits and could be affected by the proposed cuts.
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See recent postsIt’s past time to end child labor: No ifs, ands, or buts
Medicaid expansion might not be a bipartisan issue, but we still have a healthily bipartisan pro-child labor caucus in Montgomery.
The SPLC Action Fund is looking to support candidates in eight Alabama cities
The SPLC Action Fund plans to support candidates for municipal office in eight Alabama cities in 2025, focusing on underrepresented Black communities and enhancing local representation.
Sen. Tuberville continues attacking Social Security funding model
Tuberville says most people won’t receive Social Security benefits, alleging the government has wasted the money.
Workers at an electric bus plant in Anniston unionized and won double-digit raises
Thanks to a new law, New Flyer would’ve faced severe penalties if they’d voluntarily recognized the union just months later.
Department of Labor claims Mar-Jac Poultry of Alabama used oppressive child labor
The Department of Labor says children worked “on the kill floor deboning poultry and cutting carcasses” in the Jasper factory.
Sen. Britt, Rep. Carl criticize Biden and ICC’s treatment of Israeli prime minister
The two Alabama politicians have questioned the International Criminal Court’s ability to investigate the Israeli prime minister.
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See recent postsThe union election revealed which side Alabama’s politicians are on
In a healthy democracy, would workers striving to improve their lives be met only by politicians’ scorn?