CultureCultureDOJ to Investigate the Grossly Overlooked and Mismanaged Waste Removal in Majority Black Alabama CountyLowndes County, Ala., has been all but forgotten by everyone including Alabama's state and local officials who…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedNovember 9, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersFamily of Black Woman Found Dead Inside a Police Van in Alabama Refuses to Accept Autopsy ResultsThe coroner said there are no signs of foul play, but Christina Nance's family doesn't believe that.ByTerrell Jermaine StarrPublishedOctober 14, 2021
CultureRace MattersCultureRace MattersWhite Football Fans Chanted 'F--k Joe Biden' on 9/11. At Auburn, It's an American TraditionCollege football fans across the country showed their patriotism on 9/11 with an obscene chant. Here is a firsthand…ByMichael HarriotPublishedSeptember 14, 2021
NewsNewsLawsuit Filed Over Century-Old Confederate Statue in the Majority-Black City of Tuskegee, Ala.To invoke the spirit of chaos theorist Ian Malcolm, when these racist monuments gotta go, they gotta go.ByJ.L. CookPublishedSeptember 12, 2021
NewsNewsAlabama Set to Cut Racist Language From State ConstitutionA special committee is working to purge Jim Crow-era language from its governing laws.ByTerrell Jermaine StarrPublishedSeptember 7, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersUniversity of South Alabama Professors on Leave Over Picture With Noose and Whip at Halloween: ‘This Attempt at Humor Clearly Failed’Three professors at the University of South Alabama are facing heat for what increasingly appears to be something a…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedMarch 9, 2021
CultureHistoryCultureHistory'My Daddy Had the Nerve to Dream': Robin Roberts Reflects on Her Father's Legacy Ahead of Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of CourageIf you’ve paid attention to Robin Roberts’ rich career and life, you’ll probably describe her as tenacious and…ByTonja Renée StidhumPublishedFebruary 10, 2021
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersUniversity of Alabama Removes Name of Noted Segregationist George C. Wallace From BuildingIt’s weird that so many struggle to believe that America was built on racism when so many of our buildings and…ByJoe JuradoPublishedFebruary 8, 2021
NewsNewsMemorial to Rep. John Lewis Will Replace a Confederate Monument at Georgia's DeKalb County CourthouseSome good will follow all the unrest and sadness that took place in 2020. Part of that unrest were the many…ByIshena RobinsonPublishedJanuary 31, 2021
NewsCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeNewsCriminal JusticeSocial JusticeBody Bags Placed Outside Alabama Courthouse to Protest Confederate Monument, FlagAn Alabama courthouse has been the site of months of protests regarding the Confederate monument and flag that are…ByJoe JuradoPublishedDecember 28, 2020
EntertainmentSocial MediaEntertainmentSocial MediaAlabama Sheriff’s Office Posts ‘Thugshot’ Xmas Tree and Is Shocked When People Don’t Think It’s FunnyApparently, law enforcement officers in Mobile, Ala., don’t know how to read a room. Or at least that seems to be…ByZack LinlyPublishedDecember 8, 2020
PoliticsPoliticsSome Dude Named Mo Brooks Plans to Challenge the Electoral College Over Joe Biden’s PresidencyWhile I thoroughly enjoyed Mel Brooks’ performance in the Oscar-snubbed Spaceballs, Robinhood: Men in Tights and the…ByStephen A. Crockett Jr.PublishedDecember 2, 2020
NewsNewsAlabama Voters Approve Measure to Strike Racism From the State's Constitution...But a Lot of Alabamans Are Still Racist AFOn Tuesday, Alabama voters showed that many of them are genuinely interested in living in the 21st century by…ByZack LinlyPublishedNovember 4, 2020
NewsNewsAlabama Will Vote on Removing Racist Phrases From State Constitution for the Third Time in 20 YearsHopefully, the third time is the charm for a measure to remove racist language from Alabama’s state constitution. ByJoe JuradoPublishedOctober 26, 2020
NewsNewsNot Saying America Is Racist or Anything, but Over 240 Schools Are Named After Confederate LeadersOver the summer, cities and states scrambled to respond to the protests that erupted in the wake of George Floyd’s…ByJoe JuradoPublishedSeptember 17, 2020
NewsNews16th Street Baptist Church Bombing Survivor Requests an Apology and Compensation From the State of AlabamaOne of the most tragic moments in Black American history happened in 1963 when a group of cowardly Ku Klux Klan…ByZack LinlyPublishedSeptember 17, 2020
NewsNewsBuilding at Troy University Formerly Named for KKK Leader Renamed After John LewisA building at Troy University in Alabama, once named after a former governor with ties to the Ku Klux Klan, has been…ByJoe JuradoPublishedAugust 27, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersHarlem Globetrotter Demands Apology After TV Anchors Throw Banana At Him on Live TelevisionI have a thing about being touched. ByJay ConnorPublishedAugust 18, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersAlabama Public Housing Put Whites in High-Rise Towers. Says Blacks ‘Prefer’ Substandard Garden Units, HUD Report FindsCan America do literally anything without being racist about it? We already know that this great nation of ours…ByZack LinlyPublishedAugust 14, 2020
NewsNewsFour Guards at a Alabama Charged for Using Excessive Force on InmateAlabama’s prison system has come under scrutiny in recent months following a federal report that details widespread,…ByJoe JuradoPublishedJuly 31, 2020