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Josh Moon is an investigative reporter and columnist. You can reach him at [email protected].

Why are white people so scared?

Several Saturdays each Fall, Auburn University students, faculty and alumni — thousands of them — roll into Jordan Hare Stadium on campus to cheer for the school’s football team. The majority of the players are black. The school’s basketball teams — both mens and womens — are made up primarily of black players. The school’s … Continued
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September 14, 2018

Center Stage to give up some bingo games

Center Stage is giving up its electronic bingo operations. Attorneys for the Houston County Economic Development Association (HEDA), which conducts the charitable bingo operation out of the Dothan-area casino, and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Thursday that they had reached an agreement in the state’s lawsuit. Marshall’s office sued Center Stage last year … Continued
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September 7, 2018
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Analysis | The myth of the “simple lottery bill”

There is no such thing as a “simple lottery bill” in the state of Alabama. You hear this phrase a lot from state lawmakers, as they field the inevitable questions about gambling that pop up prior to each legislative session or prior to elections in which one candidate — usually a Democrat — has proposed … Continued
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September 6, 2018
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Jeff Sessions’ lonely island

You live by the cowardice, you die by the cowardice. Jeff Sessions is learning that lesson the hard way these days, as he adjusts to life on his lonely, lonely island. Years of bigotry and shadiness alienated him from everyone center-right and to the left. And now, the poor ol’ fella has done been out-bigoted … Continued
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September 4, 2018
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The yoga ban in Alabama schools explains so much

Yoga is illegal in Alabama public schools. If you ever wanted to sum up this state, that sentence — and the explanation behind it — should more than suffice. In a nutshell, it’s this: Alabama lawmakers were, in the early 1990s, so concerned with the spread of the Hindu religion, by way of strenuous stretching, … Continued
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August 31, 2018

More problems for Alabama Democratic Party, chairman Worley

Now the Democratic National Committee is involved in the Alabama Democratic Party’s problems. Ralph Young, an elected member of the Jefferson County Democratic Club, filed a complaint last week with the national party, alleging that Nancy Worley violated a number of national party bylaws in her quest to be re-elected as party chair. Worley won … Continued
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August 30, 2018

Alabama Dem Party head Worley being sued

The Alabama Democratic Party’s problems are headed for a courtroom soon. Beleaguered party chairman Nancy Worley was sued last week by the chairperson of a county Democratic Executive Committee after Worley allegedly tried to reorganize the county committee and remove the chairperson, Susan Cobb. Cobb, who heads up the Marion County committee, claims in her … Continued
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August 27, 2018
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Alabama Republican lawmakers have broken the law. Should all Republicans in the state lose their rights?

It’s time for Republicans in Alabama to give up some rights. Over the last few years, GOP lawmakers have violated the law on an almost daily basis, and seven of them have been indicted, convicted or pleaded guilty of misusing their offices for public gain. They have violated the public’s trust repeatedly. They have sought … Continued
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August 21, 2018