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Merrill, 15 other secretaries of state write in objection to the For the People Act
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DOD inspector general investigating U.S Space Command HQ selection
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Tour highlights University of Alabama’s history with slavery
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UAB acquires new collections for African American studies and history
Scientists: Herd immunity will mean people can gather again
U.S. could reach herd immunity by late spring, virus expert says
UAB vaccinating Black Alabamians at better rate than state, national averages
Alabama’s vaccination numbers improve, but still lag behind other states
Virtual town hall Friday on vaccine hesitancy among marginalized communities
My vote was suppressed Tuesday. I didn’t vote because I was not going to submit myself to walking into a polling station, even masked,...
I guess we’re done. Despite a shutdown that lasted weeks, apparently state leaders were twiddling their thumbs, wishing, like Donald Trump, that COVID-19 would...
Just like Donald Trump on the national level, Gov. Kay Ivey has bungled containing the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Alabama is showing record cases and...
Oops! He did it again. Donald Trump just can’t pass up a chance to demonstrate how racist he is. We’ve known all along that...
My colleague Josh Moon last week wrote a truthful (if scathing) column about the legacy of former governor George C. Wallace. After laying out his...
I may trigger Secretary of State John Merrill, so this is the warning. We must not repeat what happened in Georgia Tuesday. In-person voting...
A moment in time: I was a young journalist, just hired by The Birmingham News. I was standing on the street outside the old...
My wife received her $1,200 stimulus payment as a direct deposit several weeks ago. I did not get one, even though we file a...
This is Thursday. Since Sunday, we’ve had more than 1,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in Alabama. Let that number sink in....
My friend who is a server in one of our favorite Birmingham restaurants is afraid. She worries that as restaurants begin allowing customers back...
