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Rep. Omar criticizes Alabama GOP after it approves resolution calling for her expulsion

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) criticized Alabama Republicans after they approved a resolution over the weekend calling for her to be removed from Congress.  Omar took to twitter to respond to the resolution, saying she was elected by the people of Minnesota, not the Alabama Republican Party. She also suggested that the Alabama GOP has no … Continued
August 28, 2019

Muslim group renews call to remove all Confederate symbols nationwide

Monday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, renewed its call for local governments throughout the nation to remove all Confederate symbols from public spaces. Monday was the second anniversary of the 2017 protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, where Charlottesville native, 32-year-old Heather Heyer, was murdered in a vehicle … Continued
August 13, 2019

Montgomery’s new panhandling law is cruel, misguided and probably unconstitutional

Lock ‘em up! That seems to be Alabama’s answer to every problem. Well, every problem but public corruption, in which case we find every possible reason not to lock ‘em up, even when we’ve determined they’re guilty as sin.  But if you’re not wearing a suit and tie and hobnobbing with bigwigs, watch out. Because … Continued
July 8, 2019

Shelby votes for Barr confirmation

The U.S. Senate confirmed William Barr as U.S. attorney general on Thursday. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, said he was proud to have voted to confirm Barr as attorney general. Barr previously served as AG under former President George H. W. Bush. “I am proud to have voted for the confirmation of William Barr to serve … Continued
February 19, 2019

ACLU, NAACP make demands of authorities following Hoover police shooting

Thursday, the ACLU of Alabama and Alabama NAACP filed public records requests to police departments in Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery, Hoover, Huntsville, and Saraland for their use-of-force policies, body camera policies, and racial bias training materials, following the Thanksgiving shooting of Emantic “E.J.” Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. and other incidents where excessive use of force has been … Continued
December 13, 2018

Protest is an American right, deserves respect

Overkill is probably a bad word to use in this context, but it’s accurate. Law enforcement is out in huge numbers to quell protests that continue in Hoover in the wake of the literal overkilling of Emantic “E.J.” Bradford Jr. on Thanksgiving night. The resources being used to divert or “contain” the generally small and … Continued
December 7, 2018

A real outsider

Donald Trump got a lot of votes in Alabama. Even today, after two years of implementing policies that have undeniably hurt this state, he still enjoys healthy support in Alabama. While it would be easy to tie that support to Alabama’s history of racism and Trump’s tendency to say racist things and support racist people … Continued
December 6, 2018

Frank Johnson: the Legend and the Free State of Winston

Those of us who are Baby Boomers remember the tumultuous times of the 1960’s. We lived through the Civil Rights revolution. Those of us who grew up here in the Heart of Dixie witnessed the transpiring of racial integration first hand. Most of the crusades and struggles occurred here in Alabama, especially Montgomery. A good … Continued
October 24, 2018

Department of Justice announces places to worship initiative

Wednesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the new “Place to Worship Initiative,” which will focus on protecting the ability of houses of worship and other religious institutions to build, expand, buy, or rent facilities-as provided by the land use provisions of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). Attorney General Jeff Sessions … Continued
June 14, 2018