State SPLC reaches collective bargaining agreement for employees Beginning November 1, 2022, the minimum wage for new SPLC employees will be more than $20 per hour. Jacob HolmesJuly 26, 2022
Featured Opinion Opinion | For Emmett Till’s family and the rest of us The message was clear. Challenging white supremacy – or appearing to do so – was a death sentence. David PersonMarch 31, 2022
Legislature Congressional, Alabama House districts reach final passage in state Senate In the Senate Wednesday, both bills received near-unanimous opposition from Democratic senators. John H. GlennNovember 4, 2021
Legislature Alabama Senate passes Senate, State School Board districts The two Senate bills now travel to the House for consideration. John H. GlennNovember 2, 2021
Education Opinion | State school board needs to focus on what is, not what ifs "The truth is that Alabama’s public schools have been failing kids of color for decades now." Rebecca Seung-BickleyJuly 30, 2021
Featured Opinion Opinion | Voting rights, culture wars and Lead Belly’s advice "Instead of name-calling — which now passes for political dialogue — what about discussing the real problem?" Bill BrittApril 7, 2021
News “Alarming, concerning and appalling:” Taylor Hardin facility staff worried over safety for patients, workers Workers at the Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility said in a 2018 survey that they are overworked in an unsafe environment with inoperable video... Eddie BurkhalterAugust 21, 2019
News Activist Angela Davis to receive Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s top human rights award Birmingham native Angela Y. Davis, a scholar and author who has taught at numerous universities in the United States and traveled the world on... Chip BrownleeOctober 9, 2018
News Court allows Birmingham minimum wage lawsuit to move forward The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals made a decision yesterday to allow plaintiffs to proceed in their endeavor to bring a lawsuit that challenges... Charlie WalkerJuly 26, 2018
Featured Opinion Opinion | Why is the state takeover of Montgomery’s schools so shady? There was much hand-wringing inside the Gordon Persons Building in downtown Montgomery on Wednesday, as interim state superintendent Ed Richardson and — for some... Josh MoonApril 12, 2018