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Federal court considering ending state’s racial quota on real estate board

The ruling in the case could impact up to 20 state boards that require minority representation by statute.
July 15, 2024

Southern Poverty Law Center announces new Voting Rights Team, criticizes state for discouraging voters

The Southern Poverty Law Center released a statement announcing their new Voting Rights Team and encouraging the state of Alabama to increase voter turnout by ending practices that discourage voters, like requiring voter identification and marking voters as inactive in the state’s voter rolls. The new Voting Rights Team will challenge laws and practices that … Continued
June 14, 2019

Sewell slams intelligence community heads for failure to appear at intel diversity hearing

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
May 28, 2019

An open letter to Senator Doug Jones

Stop it, sir. Please just stop it. The NFL referees in the New Orleans playoff game may not have thrown a yellow flag on an obvious flagrant foul, but I am throwing one on your false and outrageous comments on minority voter suppression. You are either totally unplugged on voter registration facts or you really … Continued
March 8, 2019

Alabama hasn’t taught black history well. It’s hurt us all.

Majority-white public schools received about $23 billion more in funding than majority-nonwhite schools in 2016, according to a report from the nonprofit group EdBuild. That seemed to surprise a lot of people when the study’s findings were reported in the Washington Post last week. I’m not sure why. The majority of school funding models are … Continued
February 27, 2019

Ivey announces new Alabama HBCU co-op pilot program

Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday the creation of the Alabama HBCU Co-Op Pilot Program. Ivey made the announcement while at the inaugural Alabama HBCU Competitiveness Convening, hosted by the Alabama Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs (GOMA) and the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The Alabama HBCU Co-Op Pilot Program was created … Continued
October 26, 2018

EJI museum, memorial are giant mirrors for Alabama

It should be expected, I guess, that a museum and a memorial devoted to America’s awful history of lynchings and general mistreatment of minorities would touch a few nerves. It’s hard to look in the mirror sometimes. That’s what the Equal Justice Initiative’s museum — The Legacy Museum — and memorial — The Memorial for … Continued
April 27, 2018

Bentley Creates Minority Affairs Office

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter   Wednesday, March 11, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed an executive order creating the Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs (GOMA).   Governor Bentley said, “Alabama has a unique history in promoting civil rights for minorities, and the courage and boldness of our citizens is a testament to the principles … Continued
March 14, 2016

Troy Towns Elected Republican Senior Vice-Chairman

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Saturday, February 21, the Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee elected optometrist Troy Towns as the new Senior Vice-Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party. Towns was recently the full time Alabama Director of Minority Outreach for the Alabama Republican Party. Towns defeated incumbent Senior Vice-Chairman George Williams as well … Continued
February 25, 2015