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Shameless: Alabama asks to use COVID funds to build more prisons

"The Department of Corrections wants federal dollars to build more prisons. The Treasury Department should laugh."
July 19, 2021

Science is hard for Alabama, Del Marsh

On a good day in Alabama, science is not our friend. On bad days, during complicated, scary times, when science and medicine are confusing and offering hard solutions to tough problems, watching our people try to science is like watching a monkey fold a fitted sheet.  Such has been the case in the days of … Continued
July 10, 2020

Alabama rape crisis centers ready to help amid COVID-19 crisis

An Alabama nonprofit wants those who need assistance after a sexual assault to know that the COVID-19 crisis hasn’t shuttered the state’s rape crisis centers, which are still providing care and are ready to help.  Alabama Coalition Against Rape’s (ACAR) 16 member crisis centers across the state continue to provide care for victims after sexual … Continued
May 15, 2020

Unemployed Alabama workers deserve support, not suspicion

Thousands of sick Alabamians. Hundreds of dead Alabamians. Hundreds of thousands of Alabamians out of work.  These are the realities of the COVID-19 virus’ effect on this state.  But they are not the most worrisome aspects of this crisis.  No, the most worrisome aspect, it turns out — and really, y’all, hold onto your seats … Continued
April 24, 2020

Proceed with caution

The best medical and scientific minds in the world have been working relentlessly over the last four months to decode the mysteries of COVID-19. They know more today than yesterday, but even still, they know very little. The politicians who are devising public policy know even less. There is an aggressive push among many of … Continued
April 20, 2020

Coronavirus crisis begs for Alabama Medicaid expansion

Rep. Anthony Daniels is the minority leader in the House of Representatives, and Sen. Bobby Singleton is the minority leader in the Alabama Senate. As coronavirus continues to spread across Alabama, its unprecedented and devastating impacts are shedding a bright light on glaring gaps and discrepancies in our healthcare system. Here, as in other states … Continued
April 17, 2020