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A real “enemy of the people”

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
December 20, 2018

Alabama remains a safe haven for hate

In 1968, shortly after gunning down Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, James Earl Ray was running from police, who were, he believed, right on his tail. He was looking for an escape route — a place where people might not be too upset by his crime. He turned his Mustang … Continued
April 18, 2018

Moore campaign says Jones supports “Bernie Sanders style economics”

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore blasted his opponent, Doug Jones for supporting “Bernie Sanders style economics” that the Moore campaign claimed, “would crush small businesses, stifle the free market, and make it harder for everyday Alabamians to put food on the table.” “Small businesses account for around two-thirds of … Continued
November 27, 2017

Jones ad to highlight prosecution of 16th Street Baptist Church bombers

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, October 23, 2017 the Doug Jones for Senate Campaign announced that it is releasing two new advertisements highlighting Jones’ work prosecuting the Klansmen responsible for the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963 killing four little girls in Birmingham. As a U.S. attorney, during the Bill … Continued
October 24, 2017

State sues Birmingham to protect Confederate monuments

By Brandon Moseley  Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, August 16, 2017, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) announced that his office has filed suit in Jefferson County Circuit Court against the City of Birmingham and Mayor William Bell for violating state law by constructing barriers to deliberately obscure the Confederate Veterans Monument in Linn Park. Attorney … Continued
August 17, 2017

Alabama Democratic Conference endorses Doug Jones for Senate

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, July 29, 2017, the Alabama Democratic Conference (ADC) met in a Special Session on Saturday and screened all the candidates for US Senate in the August 15, Democratic Primary.  The ADC announced that they are endorsing former US Attorney Doug Jones. The ADC said in their statement that … Continued
August 2, 2017

Jeff Sessions and the War on White People

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter There’s a war on white people in America. I know this because Rep. Mo Brooks, the whitest man in all of Alabama, has proclaimed it. Several times. That’s what’s tripping up Jeff Sessions at his confirmation hearing for US Attorney General. Not Sessions’ past comments. Not his deplorable track … Continued
January 12, 2017

Sewell Honors Legacy: “Four Little Girls” Killed at 16th Street Baptist Church

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, September 15, marked the 51st anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing. On that day, domestic terrorists bombed the Church killing Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Morris Wesley. Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D from Selma) released a written statement on the 51st Commemoration … Continued
September 16, 2014

Bentley Says Birmingham and State Still Has Scars from Turbulent Past

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Sunday September 15th, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley spoke at the 50th anniversary of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, that killed four young girls. The Governor said that Birmingham is not dead, but acknowledged that the state’s largest city and the state as a whole still … Continued
September 16, 2013