Diversity

Alabama Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Worley, on Tuesday, announced that the party has voted to adopt its 2020 delegate selection plan for the 2020 Democratic Convention. On Monday, Worley said the Alabama Democratic Party adopted its 2020 National Convention Delegate Selection Plan by mail ballot to its State Democratic Executive Committee. The plan instructs presidential … Continued

U.S. Rep. Terri A Sewell, D-Selma, expressed her disappointment Thursday that intelligence community leaders declined to attend a hearing on diversity and inclusion in the intelligence community. “While I’m happy that the committee will discuss the issues at hand, I am disappointed that none of the intelligence community agency directors are here to testify today,” … Continued

Diversity is important. If nothing else, I’ve learned that much from the last week-plus of debates over blackface. Chances are, if the governor of Virginia or any of these other white people had found themselves an actual black friend — and not the fake one they drag out as a human shield when they say … Continued

I’m pretty fortunate, in that I’ve got two great careers. I write for this great news organization each week, continuing the mostly political columns about Alabama I wrote for a more than a quarter of a century for The Birmingham News, back when The News was a newspaper. I also write the monthly back-page column … Continued

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

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The first step in correcting a problem is recognizing that you have one. And it’s time we did that, Alabama. Because we have a big one. We’re the most intolerant people in the country. And I mean that as the collective “we,” because I’d love to not be included … Continued