racism

How Alabama’s government stays broken

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist — or even any kind of scientist — to figure out that Alabama’s state government is broken. I mean, really, just look around. At the poverty, the poor education, the racism, the arrested public officials, the in-your-face public corruption and the complete disregard for the welfare of the majority … Continued

Josh Moon

February 19, 2020

Opinion

It’s time to unite as the Alabama Democratic Party

It’s time to unite as the Alabama Democratic Party. “A house divided against its self cannot stand.” — Abraham Lincoln I have been distressed to see the Alabama Democratic Party fighting among ourselves. We are not the enemy. Racism, apathy, exclusion in all forms has caused us to stray from the principles of why we … Continued

Linda Coleman

November 11, 2019

Tabitha Isner appeals to Democrats to support her chair candidacy

The Alabama Democratic Party plans to hold a meeting on Saturday to elect a new chair and vice-chair. Tabitha Isner is running for the chair position. “I want to be Chair of the Alabama Democrats,” Isner said in an email appeal to Alabama Democrats. The State Democratic Executive Committee has been ordered by the Democratic … Continued

Brandon Moseley

October 31, 2019

Young Democrats say that they “are committed to long term fight”

There have been two State Democratic Executive Committee (SDEC) meetings this month after not meeting for a year and both voted to change the Alabama Democratic Party bylaws and set a November meeting to hold new elections for Chair and Vice Chair. The problem is that they each passed a different set of bylaws and … Continued

Brandon Moseley

October 18, 2019

Opinion

Montgomery mayor’s race can’t end soon enough

Rarely has an election day been more anticipated than Tuesday’s mayoral election in Montgomery. Not because voters are excited about the candidates. Not because Alabama’s capital city is anxious to elect its first black mayor. Mainly, people are tired of David Woods and Steven Reed. Tired of the bickering. Tired of the weirdness. Tired of … Continued

Josh Moon

October 8, 2019

Opinion

Trump administration corruption shouldn’t surprise anyone in Alabama

Congratulations, America, the Trump administration has done it! In less than one presidential term, Trump and his assorted band of goons, drifters, conmen and carnival barkers have managed to turn the United States of America into a larger version of Alabama. Now all of you can get a little taste of the incompetency, corruption, ignorance, … Continued

Josh Moon

September 26, 2019

Opinion

Gerrymandering prevents the one thing that could save us: Compromise

You’re going to want to sit down for this one: Alabama’s legislative districts were drawn with the intent of lessening the impact of minority voters. I know, I know. Shocking. Right? I mean, here I thought it was just our schools and our courts and our statues and our social programs and our law enforcement … Continued

Josh Moon

September 24, 2019

Opinion

Montgomery mayor’s race should be about real problems, solutions. Instead it’s about racism.

As it turns out, there wasn’t any funny business with the Montgomery municipal elections last week. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill held a press conference on Thursday to say as much. There were some oddities. Some things didn’t go exactly right. There were a few individual cases of alleged fraud witnessed — all of … Continued

Josh Moon

September 6, 2019

Republicans resist Alabama NAACP call for Ivey to resign

On Thursday, Alabama NAACP President Bernard Simelton called on Gov. Kay Ivey to resign from office after it was revealed that Ivey had performed a skit in blackface and overalls making fun of poor Black sharecroppers crawling around on their knees for cigar butts while she was a college student at Auburn University during the … Continued

Brandon Moseley

September 4, 2019

Opinion

What can we do in the aftermath of blackface controversy?

In the immediate aftermath of the revelation that as a college student Gov. Kay Ivey had worn blackface over 50 years ago, she was called a racist by some and defended by others; as news outlets and social media pages offered a myriad of commentary right and left. Lately, it seems that there is a … Continued

Bill Britt

September 2, 2019