NewsEducationHBCUsNewsEducationHBCUsWelcome Home: $50 Million Amistad Paintings Returned to HBCU Talladega CollegeTalladega College, an Alabama-based historically black college, will be the new home for a collection of paintings…ByJay ConnorPublishedFebruary 4, 2020
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeDeathstreaming: U.S. Army Vet Whose Son Was Killed on Facebook Live Says ‘Violence Has to Stop’Could you imagine how it feels to have served in the military and then work a quarter of a century for the…ByBrooklyn BaldwinPublishedJanuary 25, 2020
NewsRace MattersNewsRace MattersJudge Orders Alabama City to Pay $850,000 in Legal Fees for School Segregation Plot Gone WrongGardendale, Ala., is an interesting place. ByJay ConnorPublishedDecember 27, 2019
NewsNewsAlabama Supreme Court Upholds Confederate Monument LawOn Wednesday, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the city of Birmingham violated Alabama’s monument…ByBrooklyn BaldwinPublishedNovember 29, 2019
NewsNewsJury Convicts White Cop for Killing Unarmed Black ManAlthough the heinous 2016 police shooting only garnered marginal national attention, eight judges refused to try the…ByMichael HarriotPublishedNovember 25, 2019
NewsNewsBeloved Alabama Sheriff Killed While Confronting White Teenager About Loud Music“You heard ‘bout Big John?”ByMichael HarriotPublishedNovember 25, 2019
11/19/19Everyone Knows Why Inmates Are Dying in Alabama Prisons. No One Knows How to Fix ItAlabama runs the most violent prison system in America. Inmates in Alabama’s prisons are killed at nearly nine times…ByMichael HarriotPublishedNovember 19, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsTrump Is Reportedly Heading Down to Alabama to Watch the Footballs. They Need to Boo Him Down There, TooIn what seems to be an ongoing quest to not get booed at a major sporting event, Donald Trump will head down to…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 7, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsA Short and Not-at-All Exhaustive List of Things Alabamians Should Vote for That Are Not Jeff SessionsIt is with the utmost disrespect that my heart can muster that I say this: Jeff Sessions has the tenacity of the…ByAnne BraniginPublishedNovember 7, 2019
NewsNews#WorkingOutWhileBlack: Alabama Cops Kill Man in Front of Wife and Daughter After Someone Calls Cops on Them for Not Committing a CrimeFive Alabama police officers are on leave and one man is dead after the deceased man’s family reportedly witnessed…ByMichael HarriotPublishedOctober 28, 2019
NewsNewsAlabama School Apologizes After Teacher Paints Fake Bullet Wound on Black Student’s ForeheadIn a world in which black youth like Tamir Rice have far too often fallen victim to gun violence, black parents are…ByJay ConnorPublishedOctober 23, 2019
NewsCriminal JusticeCrimeNewsCriminal JusticeCrimeHeartbreak: Body of 3-Year-Old Kamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinney Found in Alabama Dumpster; 2 People ChargedInvestigators searching for Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney—the 3-year-old abducted from a birthday party more than a…ByDara SharifPublishedOctober 22, 2019
NewsNewsSurveillance Video Captures New Clue in Weeklong Disappearance of 3-Year-Old Kamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinneyPolice in Alabama say they’re now on the lookout for another “person of interest” in the race to find Kamille…ByDara SharifPublishedOctober 18, 2019
NewsNewsKamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinney: Frantic Search After 3-Year-Old Is Kidnapped at a Birthday PartyWorried family members were among dozens of people gathered Monday night in Birmingham, Ala., to pray for the safe…ByDara SharifPublishedOctober 14, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsA Long Time Coming: Montgomery Elects Its First Black Mayor, Steven ReedIn more than 200 years, Montgomery, Ala.—the first capital of the Confederacy and the birthplace of the Civil Rights…ByAnne BraniginPublishedOctober 9, 2019
NewsNewsA Dead Man's Hard Drive Is the 'Most Perfect' Example of White Supremacy in Our Lifetime“More perfect.”ByMichael HarriotPublishedSeptember 26, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsSharpiegate: Democrats Launch Probe Into Whether Team Trump Worked to Muddy Hurricane FactsDonald Trump wouldn’t let Sharpiegate go when he kept insisting that Alabama was in grave danger from Hurricane…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 11, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsCommerce Secretary Said to Have Threatened to Have Heads Roll if Weather Service Didn’t Back Trump on Alabama’s Dorian RiskIn the latest fallout from Sharpiegate, the push to convince the American people that its wannabe emperor Donald…ByDara SharifPublishedSeptember 9, 2019
NewsEducationNewsEducationAlabama Dean Quits Because White People Can’t Handle the TruthA University of Roll Tide dean at the center of a controversy over a series of stunningly accurate tweets chose to…ByMichael HarriotPublishedSeptember 6, 2019
PoliticsPoliticsAlabama Gov. Kay Ivey Refuses to Step Down Over Blackface ScandalAnother day, another politician who refuses to atone for their racist past. ByJay ConnorPublishedSeptember 5, 2019