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Supreme Court sides with Alabama in COVID-19 voting case

The U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision Thursday blocked a federal district judge’s order that would have made it easier for many Alabamians to vote during the pandemic, issuing an emergency stay of the lower court’s injunction in People First of Alabama v. Merrill. The court’s more liberal justices dissented, while the five conservative … Continued
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July 3, 2020
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There is no redemption for George Wallace

George Wallace’s name doesn’t deserve to be on any building anywhere.  That there is debate about this is, quite frankly, astounding. And it’s yet another example of the whitewashing of history that has gone on for far too long in this state, and throughout the South.  We love a good redemption story, even if it’s … Continued
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June 12, 2020
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Echoes of George Wallace heard as tear gas and rubber bullets fly in Huntsville

A small group of mostly peaceful protesters were shot with rubber bullets and tear-gassed by Huntsville Police and Madison County sheriff’s deputies after an NAACP rally last Wednesday. The city’s mayor, police chief and the state’s attorney general want the public to believe that anarchists and outsiders provoked law-enforcement to use paramilitary tactics to disperse … Continued
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June 8, 2020