alabama
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Alabama Sheriff’s Office Posts ‘Thugshot’ Xmas Tree and Is Shocked When People Don’t Think It’s Funny
Apparently, law enforcement officers in Mobile, Ala., don’t know how to read a room. Or at least that seems to be the case for deputies with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, whose idea of lighthearted holiday humor was to post online a photo of a Christmas tree decorated with mugshots as ornaments and prison slippers…
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Some Dude Named Mo Brooks Plans to Challenge the Electoral College Over Joe Biden’s Presidency
While I thoroughly enjoyed Mel Brooks’ performance in the Oscar-snubbed Spaceballs, Robinhood: Men in Tights and the beloved Blazing Saddles, I’m not fond of Brooks upcoming plans to challenge the Electoral College votes when Congress officially certifies President-elect Joe Biden’s victory on Jan. 6… Managing Editor Genetta Adams: Stephen, it’s Mo Brooks not Mel Brooks.…
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Alabama Voters Approve Measure to Strike Racism From the State's Constitution…But a Lot of Alabamans Are Still Racist AF
On Tuesday, Alabama voters showed that many of them are genuinely interested in living in the 21st century by approving an amendment that could start the process of removing 119-year-old racist language from the state’s constitution. From the Montgomery Advertiser: As of 10:48 p.m., Amendment 4 had 878,300 yes votes (66%) in incomplete, unofficial returns.…
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Alabama Will Vote on Removing Racist Phrases From State Constitution for the Third Time in 20 Years
Hopefully, the third time is the charm for a measure to remove racist language from Alabama’s state constitution. WRBL reports that an effort to “recompile” Alabama’s constitution is currently underway, with a measure to authorize lawmakers to do so on the state’s ballot this year. This is the third such effort to happen in the…
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Not Saying America Is Racist or Anything, but Over 240 Schools Are Named After Confederate Leaders
Over the summer, cities and states scrambled to respond to the protests that erupted in the wake of George Floyd’s death from police violence. Among the many symbolic gestures was the renaming of schools named after Confederate leaders. According to CNN, the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has found that over 240 schools are named after…
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16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Survivor Requests an Apology and Compensation From the State of Alabama
One of the most tragic moments in Black American history happened in 1963 when a group of cowardly Ku Klux Klan members bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., killing four Black girls who were no older than 14. It was also one of the most galvanizing moments of the civil rights movement.…
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Building at Troy University Formerly Named for KKK Leader Renamed After John Lewis
A building at Troy University in Alabama, once named after a former governor with ties to the Ku Klux Klan, has been renamed in honor of late congressman John Lewis. CNN reports the university’s board of trustees voted unanimously to change the name of Bibb Graves Hall to John Robert Lewis Hall, effective immediately. Graves…
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Harlem Globetrotter Demands Apology After TV Anchors Throw Banana At Him on Live Television
I have a thing about being touched. Unless you’re my girl or my child, keep your goddamn hands to yourself. Don’t brush against me in the hallway, don’t poke or prod me ever and you sure as hell better give me my six feet as long as COVID is floating around. That said, I can’t…
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Alabama Public Housing Put Whites in High-Rise Towers. Says Blacks ‘Prefer’ Substandard Garden Units, HUD Report Finds
Can America do literally anything without being racist about it? We already know that this great nation of ours can’t seem to police its citizens, distribute resources to communities, facilitate voting, or fund education in a way that focuses on racial equality, but one would think that something like providing subsidized housing for lower-income elderly…
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Four Guards at a Alabama Charged for Using Excessive Force on Inmate
Alabama’s prison system has come under scrutiny in recent months following a federal report that details widespread, systemic issues of abuse and a lack of proper oversight. As a result of the findings, four guards have been charged with using excessive force against an inmate. The New York Times reports that the charges stem from…