Democracy

Threat 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.

April 15, 2024

Alabama’s open primaries: A call for inclusive democracy amid debates

The benefits of open primaries are clear and compelling.

March 29, 2024

This 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.

January 9, 2024

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.

July 31, 2023

Something 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.

July 31, 2023

Alabama NAACP to host voting rights summit in Shelby County

The summit will come on the 10th anniversary of the Shelby v. Holder decision.

June 14, 2023

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The 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.

May 1, 2023

The 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.

September 13, 2022

“Response-ability”

Students listen, think and respond. The world we live in today sure could benefit from that.

August 29, 2022

The quest for stable government

Kings, be they philosophers or otherwise, can never provide the continuity needed to sustain development, growth, and the security needs of a modern state.

July 11, 2022