How This Black Teacher In Rural Alabama Inspired Generations To Lift Themselves Out Of Poverty
‘I had an ambition to work for the Lord and my race. I had great enthusiasm to serve my people; my heart was overwhelmed with compassion for them,’ wrote Rosa Young.
Let’s All Give Thanks That College Football Didn’t Give In To Deranged Coronavirus Lockdowners
Whether it’s the Buckeyes or the Crimson Tide who claim victory at tonight’s game, everyone wins because college football never had to leave.
Grandson Revives Fourth-Generation African-American Family Farm From Thanksgiving Tragedy
Talking about that Thanksgiving tragedy 19 years ago, Chris Wyatt weeps openly. Today, he’s carrying on his granddad’s legacy as an African-American small farmer who owns his land.
How Canvassing For A Local Candidate Filled Me With Hope During A Divisive National Election
While national campaign rhetoric can be both divisive and dispiriting, getting involved in a local campaign was edifying and encouraging.
The Corporate Media Finally Have A Working Plan To Beat Trump
A media-driven panic, a panic-driven economic collapse, and Democrats’ filibuster of the kind of liberal police reform they say they want are prepping the stage for a Republican disaster in November unless they start fighting.
USC Study Finds Coronavirus Far More Widespread In L.A. County Than Reported
Preliminary antibody testing in L.A. County shows thousands more in southern California have already been infected by novel coronavirus.
Here Are Six States Ending Shelter-In-Place Orders On, Or Before, April 30
Six states announced an official end date to the mandated shelter-in-place orders implemented by their respective governors.
55 Years After Alabama’s Voting Rights March, Meet The Marcher With The Cracker Jack Shoes
Somewhere along the 55-mile voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965, 15-year-old Betty Anderson, whose father was a shoemaker, wore a large hole in her shoe. But that didn’t stop her.
Jeff Sessions Makes It To Runoff In Alabama Senate Primary
Alabama’s Republican Senate primary was sent into a runoff after candidates were unable to garner enough support to win a majority of the votes.
Joe Biden Projected To Win Alabama In Third Super Tuesday Win
Former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to win his third state of the Super Tuesday contests with another overwhelming win in Alabama, the Associated Press projects.
South Carolina Is Where The Democratic Party’s Future Will Be Decided
A big Biden win three days before Tuesday’s votes won’t hand him any crown, but it will do a good deal to disperse the musk clinging to his campaign, especially in Southern states more disposed toward him.
Selma, Alabama’s First Black Church Is Still Going Strong. Take A Look At Its Amazing Legacy
First Baptist has always had strong members whose faith, tested and tried with slavery, Jim Crow segregation, intimidation, violence, and even a devastating tornado, triumphed over all.
Alabama Democrat Suggests Forcing Vasectomies To Prevent ‘Unwanted Children’
A bill that equates the intentional termination of a life with the prevention of one goes beyond the frivolous and stupid into sadistic and inhumane.
‘Just Mercy’ Questions The Notion Of Equal Justice In The United States
The film explores race and poverty through personal stories that leave the audience to reconcile with the tragic side of American governments’ treatment of minorities and the poor.
Amid Poverty, This Remarkable Alabama Woman Changed The Lives Of More Than 20 Foster Children
Thelma Kennedy, a 78-year-old Alabama woman, had a hard life. But that didn’t stop her from pouring herself into her six kids and more than 20 foster children — and everyone else she met.
Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions Endorses Trump In First Campaign Ad To Reclaim Senate Seat
In the 30-second ad, Sessions noted the fact that he has refrained from criticizing the president as others have after leaving the administration.
Examining The Book Harper Lee Never Wrote
Casey Cep’s new true crime work, ‘Furious Hours,’ explores a lurid 1977 southern murder trial that almost inspired Harper Lee to write another book—but Cep’s pretentious account leans heavily on inaccurate and unflattering Southern stereotypes.
No, Illegal Immigrants Should Not Be Included In The Census
Counting illegal immigrants in the census would warp our elections and flies in the face of any common-sense interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.
How This Slave Descendant Celebrates Juneteenth In Alabama, And You Can Too
‘I have always loved listening to the stories from ‘old times,’ and I am proud of all my family has accomplished despite coming out of the horrible sin of slavery,’ says Betty Anderson, 69.