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The Faith and Politics Institute will return to Alabama March 1 through March 3 to lead a bipartisan Congressional delegation of nearly 50 members from the U.S. House and U.S. Senate on the 2019 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage. The delegation will visit historic civil rights sites in Birmingham, Montgomery and Selma and engage members of … Continued

Several prominent Alabama leaders denounced a recent editorial written by Goodloe Sutton, editor of The Democrat-Reporter, urging the Ku Klux Klan to ride again and lynch members of Congress. Editor who wrote Klan editorial has penned countless racist, sexist, xenophobic pieces “Like everyone I know in Alabama, I was shocked and disappointed by the naked … Continued

Warning: This story quotes offensive language. The same editor who penned an editorial calling for the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan and elaborated on those views by calling for lynchings of Democratic politicians has a long track record of penning racist, homophobic and sexists editorials in his small-town newspaper. The Democrat-Reporter, a community newspaper in … Continued

Goodloe Sutton is not a racist. That might seem impossible considering Sutton, the publisher of the Democrat-Reporter newspaper in Linden, just wrote an editorial calling for “the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again.” APR’s Chip Brownlee first brought attention to the editorial, which encourages the KKK to take out Democrats who are advocating for … Continued

Thousands of people have signed onto an online petition calling for Attorney General Steve Marshall’s office to investigate the death of an Alabama 9-year-old who killed herself earlier this month after what her parents described as racially motivated bullying. The Care2 petition, which has been signed by more than 24,000, calls for Marshall’s office to … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, March 23, 2017 Emily Armistead, the wife of former Alabama Republican Party Chairman Bill Armistead was killed when she was struck on Highway 43 in Linden Thursday morning. Mrs. Armistead was killed crossing the highway while walking to Linden United Methodist Church to attend the funeral of Paul … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced a $250,000 grant to help the Marengo County Commission to purchase the abandoned Alabama National Guard Armory in Linden in order to convert the old building into a business incubator.  Bentley informed Marengo County Commission Chairman Calvin Martin that the Country … Continued