Very Smart BrothasVery Smart BrothasHow White Politicians Drag Black People to Win ElectionsThe racist playbook Florida's DeSantis and Trump have followed to win elections was created long ago and continues…ByWayne WashingtonPublishedMarch 27, 2023Comments (10)Save
NewsNewsAlabama Students Stage Walkout After Allegedly Being Told To Omit Slavery From Black History Month ProgramNearly 200 students walked out of class at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedFebruary 10, 2023Comments (14)Save
NewsLegalNewsLegalNew Revelation in the Murder of Woman Allegedly Killed by Ex-Alabama Basketball PlayerDarius Miles is claiming that he’s not the one who killed Jamea Jonae Harris, telling authorities that he only…ByNoah A. McGeePublishedJanuary 18, 2023Comments (9)Save
NewsNewsMother of Woman Killed by University of Alabama Basketball Player Alleges She Knows Why He Shot her DaughterDarius Miles and Michael Lynn Davis were arrested and charged with capital murder for the fatal shooting of a…ByNoah A. McGeePublishedJanuary 17, 2023Comments (16)Save
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersAlabama Voters Have A Chance To Strip Racist Jim Crow Language From Their ConstitutionThe original 1901 document installed poll taxes, restricted interracial marriage, and sent incarcerated Black people…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedNovember 2, 2022Comments (4)Save
Criminal JusticeMass IncarcerationCriminal JusticeMass IncarcerationDisturbing Photos Expose Starvation and Neglect inside Alabama Prison (Pt. 2)The family of Kastellio Vaughan were brave enough to share the graphic photos of their loved one with the world.ByKalyn WomackPublishedOctober 20, 2022Comments (1)Save
NewsLegalNewsLegalFormer Top Black Employee At Hyundai Alabama Files Discrimination, Retaliation LawsuitThe predominantly Black plant has mostly non-black supervisors, she says.ByKeith ReedPublishedOctober 20, 2022Comments (1)Save
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersHuh? Republican Officials Are Trying To Redefine Who Is Considered "Black" and Who Isn'tAn upcoming Supreme Court ruling could redefine Blackness, which would affect both the census and many voting…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedOctober 19, 2022Comments (15)Save
PoliticsThe National InterestPoliticsThe National InterestCould the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Alabama Gerrymandering Case Further Dilute Black Voting Power?A decision in the Merill v. Milligan case could pave the way for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to be diluted even…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedOctober 3, 2022Comments (1)Save
NewsLaw EnforcementNewsLaw EnforcementSmall Alabama Police Department Dissolves After Racist Text SurfacesVincent, Alabama is left without a police force following the investigation of the racist remarks.ByAlexandra JanePublishedAugust 7, 2022Comments (39)Save
CultureBlack ExcellenceCultureBlack ExcellenceAlabama Girl Becomes Youngest Black Med Student in US HistoryAlena Analeigh Wicker will begin her med school studies in 2024ByAngela JohnsonPublishedJuly 25, 2022Comments (2)Save
NewsEducationNewsEducationAlabama School System Ordered to Stop Discriminating Against Black ChildrenThe agreement requires the district to report regularly to the court to ensure they are implementing the orders…ByKalyn WomackPublishedJuly 7, 2022Comments (2)Save
PoliticsPoliticsYolanda Flowers Makes History As Alabama's First Black Woman Governor Nominee I"We still must continue on to encourage our citizens how important it is to vote for the betterment of our state,…ByCandace McDuffiePublishedJune 24, 2022Comments (1)Save
NewsNewsSelma, Alabama Church Known For Voting Rights Movement Lands On Endangered Places ListThe historic church has been overrun by termites, water leaks, and mold due to closing during the height of COVID-19.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedMay 5, 2022Comments (1)Save
PoliticsEnvironmental JusticePoliticsEnvironmental JusticeAlabama Neighborhoods With Raw Sewage Flooding Spark Racial Equality InvestigationThe Justice Department is looking into claims of environmental racism due to the living conditions for Black people…ByCandace McDuffiePublishedApril 22, 2022Comments (2)Save
NewsNewsAlabama Lawsuit In Local Town Challenges Limits On Confederate State ProtestsThe suit alleges the city of Florence, Alabama is trying to clamp down on the protests by telling the group when and…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedApril 21, 2022Save
NewsNewsAlabama Lawmakers Advance Legislation To Alter Name of Selma’s Edmund Pettus BridgeThe new name would be the “Edmund W. Pettus-Foot Soldiers Bridge,” but the lettering on the bridge would remain…ByMurjani RawlsPublishedApril 6, 2022Comments (6)Save
NewsNewsAlabama Artist Honors Enslaved Women Subjected to Medical ExperimentationMothers of Gynecology statue pays tribute to enslaved Black women who endured painful medical proceduresByAngela JohnsonPublishedMarch 30, 2022Comments (2)Save
NewsNewsTuskegee University Football Player Fatally Shot Off-CampusThe suspect in the shooting has been charged with murder.ByNoah A. McGeePublishedMarch 22, 2022Comments (1)Save
PoliticsPoliticsRep. Terri Sewell Plans to Reintroduce Freedom to Vote Act Upon ReelectionUpon Alabama's latest voter restrictions, Sewell plans to continue to fight for voter freedom in honor of the late…ByKalyn WomackPublishedMarch 14, 2022Comments (2)Save