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, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalFormer Top Black Employee At Hyundai Alabama Files Discrimination, Retaliation LawsuitThe predominantly Black plant has mostly non-black supervisors, she says.ByKeith ReedPublishedOctober 20, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
CultureBlack ExcellenceCultureBlack ExcellenceAlabama Girl Becomes Youngest Black Med Student in US HistoryAlena Analeigh Wicker will begin her med school studies in 2024ByAngela JohnsonPublishedJuly 25, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
NewsNewsTuskegee University Football Player Fatally Shot Off-CampusThe suspect in the shooting has been charged with murder.ByNoah A. McGeePublishedMarch 22, 2022
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, 2022
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersUniversity of Alabama Reconsiders Building Sharing Names of KKK Leader and First Black Student [UPDATED]The board of trustees will meet to revisit their decision to keep the name of former Alabama Gov. Bibb Graves, who…ByNoah A. McGeePublishedFebruary 11, 2022
NewsLegalNewsLegalSCOTUS Allows Alabama Congressional Map that Diminishes Black Voting PowerWe'll give you three guesses who voted against Black folks' voting rightsByKeith ReedPublishedFebruary 8, 2022
NewsEducationNewsEducationBy Celebrating Black History Month, Alabama Teachers Are Accused of Promoting Critical Race TheoryMany parents in Alabama are choosing to claim that Black History Month is a form of CRT teachings.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedFebruary 4, 2022
NewsNewsFederal Court Blocks Alabama GOP's Racially Gerrymandered Voting MapThe proposed map by the republican GOP would have created just one majority-Black district out of seven.ByMurjani RawlsPublishedJanuary 27, 2022
Criminal JusticeSocial JusticeCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeAlabama Threatens to Sue Montgomery Over Confederate Street NameThe state wants its mostly Black capital city to keep Jefferson Davis' name on a street signByKeith ReedPublishedNovember 29, 2021