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For Emmett Till’s family and the rest of us

The message was clear. Challenging white supremacy – or appearing to do so – was a death sentence.

March 31, 2022

Congressional, Alabama House districts reach final passage in state Senate

In the Senate Wednesday, both bills received near-unanimous opposition from Democratic senators.

November 4, 2021

Alabama Senate passes Senate, State School Board districts

The two Senate bills now travel to the House for consideration.

November 2, 2021

State school board needs to focus on what is, not what ifs

"The truth is that Alabama’s public schools have been failing kids of color for decades now."

July 30, 2021

Voting rights, culture wars and Lead Belly’s advice

"Instead of name-calling — which now passes for political dialogue — what about discussing the real problem?"

April 7, 2021

“Alarming, concerning and appalling:” Taylor Hardin facility staff worried over safety for patients, workers

Workers at the Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility said in a 2018 survey that they are overworked in an unsafe environment with inoperable video cameras, contraband, racial and gender discrimination and unreported incidents. Those concerns are valid, and there are worries that conditions at the Taylor Hardin facility in Tuscaloosa have continued to deteriorate in … Continued

August 21, 2019

Activist Angela Davis to receive Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s top human rights award

Birmingham native Angela Y. Davis, a scholar and author who has taught at numerous universities in the United States and traveled the world on a mission to expand human and civil rights, is the 2018 recipient of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award. It’s the organization’s highest honor for individuals who … Continued

October 9, 2018

Court allows Birmingham minimum wage lawsuit to move forward

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals made a decision yesterday to allow plaintiffs to proceed in their endeavor to bring a lawsuit that challenges Alabama’s actions to nullify a City of Birmingham minimum wage ordinance that claims intentional racial discrimination. The Southern Poverty Law Center and the Partnership for Working Families weighed in on the … Continued

July 26, 2018

Why is the state takeover of Montgomery’s schools so shady?

There was much hand-wringing inside the Gordon Persons Building in downtown Montgomery on Wednesday, as interim state superintendent Ed Richardson and — for some reason not fully explained — Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange held a press conference to discuss the “dire state” of Montgomery’s public schools. They might as well have been selling special skillets … Continued

April 12, 2018