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.
If Democrats Really Thought Trump Was An Existential Threat, They’d Moderate Their Extremism
If Democrats actually believe Trump is a danger to democracy, they will act accordingly and put aside petty partisan goals for the good of the country.
‘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.
Health Care Can’t Stay Between A Woman And Her Doctor If It’s Socialist
Democrats have not realized that a government that controls health care has the power to control health-care decisions.
Why It Doesn’t Matter For Abortion If Pro-Lifers Don’t Care About People After They’re Born
Whether pro-life people are saints or bigots, whether or not they support our various political views, we still have to decide whether we are okay with killing the unborn.
3 Negative Consequences From Not Prosecuting Parents For Obtaining Abortions
Pro-lifers have unintentionally sowed the seeds of injustice by exempting mothers who get abortions from prosecution. They, too, should face consequences.
Birmingham Civil Rights Icon Leaves A Legacy Of True Anti-Racism
It was 10:22 a.m. on September 15, 1963, and a dynamite bomb had just ripped a giant hole through Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, 25 blocks away, where Chris’s daughter had gone with her mother to celebrate Youth Sunday.
Abortion Advocates Are Losing. Don’t Give Them A Lifeline
Alabama’s new abortion ban might be morally and philosophically defensible, but it is politically counterproductive.
What You Need To Know About Alabama’s New Abortion Ban
The bill is short and easy to understand, but here is a summary of the important points that are likely to be hotly contended by people who don’t know what they’re talking about.
Alabama’s Abortion Law Takes Aim At Overturning Roe V. Wade
The battle against abortion in Alabama is just the beginning. Pro-lifers want to take these bills to the Supreme Court in hopes of reversing Roe.
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