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U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Alabama, led a letter to over 100 key stakeholders nationwide to solicit feedback that can help improve federal policies for student borrowers of color and make access to higher education more equitable. Stakeholders receiving the letter included experts in education policy and leaders in business, advocacy, academia, civil rights, consumer protection, … Continued

Senate Bill 84, dealing with racial profiling, is on the proposed special order calendar for Tuesday. If SB84 comes to the floor, this will be the second day in a row that the leadership has brought the highly controversial bill to the floor. Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives rejected a bill that would require … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, April 27, the Joint Committee on Redistricting released their proposed Alabama House and Senate Districts for the 2018 elections. The previous redistricting plan was approved by the Obama Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Despite this the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus and the Alabama Democratic Conference sued the State … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, November 23, the civil rights group, ColorOfChange, condemned Republican Presidential candidate and New York City billionaire Donald Trump for defending supporters allegedly “roughing up” a BLM (Black Lives Matter) protestor in Birmingham on Saturday and for sharing a graphic on Twitter presenting falsified crime statistics claiming that … Continued

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, September 21, State Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) responded to criticism leveled at him by the Southern Poverty Law Center for speaking on Thursday, September 17, to the pro-secession group, “The League of the South.” Auditor Zeigler spoke back at the criticism: “The Southern Political Correctness Center is … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, November 25, the US Supreme Court sent the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus’s case challenging the State’s 2012 legislative redistricting plan back to District Court in Alabama for a new trial. The Black Democrats argue that the redistricting plan passed by both Houses of the Alabama Legislature in 2012 … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The nation is increasingly becoming polarized along racial and cultural lines.  Congressman Mo Brooks has suggested that much of this is the intent of Democratic strategists. According to original reporting by Politico’s Lucy McCalmont Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks (R) from Huntsville on Monday, August 4 has publicly accused … Continued