Newbern’s first Black mayor reaches settlement after being kept out of office
Years after he was first elected, Patrick Braxton may finally be able to replace Newbern’s unelected local government.
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See recent postsThreat to democracy in Alabama: The tyranny of the minority
What we are experiencing is not just an erosion of democratic values but an active dismantling of democracy itself.
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See recent postsAlabama’s open primaries: A call for inclusive democracy amid debates
The benefits of open primaries are clear and compelling.
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See recent postsThis is how America dies
The willingness of today's conservatives to believe everything they want to be true almost cost us democracy, and it might yet.
Plaintiffs in voting rights suit object to state’s new congressional map
The Department of Justice also expressed its own internet in the case on Friday.
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See recent postsSomething terrible? Alabama’s got a scheme for that
We have no ideas about fixing health care or public education or rampant pollution. But we've got plenty of awful schemes.
Alabama NAACP to host voting rights summit in Shelby County
The summit will come on the 10th anniversary of the Shelby v. Holder decision.
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See recent postsThe precursor to revolution
The Tea Act was the final straw in a battle of principles of who had the right to govern and be governed.
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See recent postsThe Alabama Supreme Court is writing laws now
Last week, the justices overruled one of its own opinions from 20 years ago, and basically rewrote Alabama law as it did so.
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See recent posts“Response-ability”
Students listen, think and respond. The world we live in today sure could benefit from that.