Op-Ed | Racial Justice A White Mob Attacked a Black Riverboat Captain. This Time, His Life Mattered. That the dock worker was not presumed to be the aggressor against the attacking white mob is a victory for Black lives. By Terry Anne Scott , Truthout August 14, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Gov. Kay Ivey Seemingly Praises New Congressional Map Defying SCOTUS Order The Alabama governor's comments "echoed a racist trope of segregationists," some observers noted. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 25, 2023 Truthout
News | Racial Justice White Leaders Prevent an Alabama Town’s First Black Mayor From Serving For three years, Patrick Braxton says he has experienced harassment and intimidation. By Aallyah Wright , CapitalB July 22, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Alabama GOP Defies Supreme Court Order to Pass Maps Empowering Black Voters "Why can’t we in Alabama one time do what’s right?" lamented one Democratic Alabama state lawmaker. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 21, 2023 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Alabama Senator Condemned for Claiming White Nationalism Isn’t a Racist Ideology The statement comes at a time when white supremacist violence in the U.S. is on the rise. By Chris Walker , Truthout July 11, 2023 Truthout
News | Racial Justice SCOTUS Rules Against Racist Gerrymandering in Alabama, Upholds Voting Rights Act Alabama will have to redraw its maps to allocate one additional majority-Black district. By Chris Walker , Truthout June 8, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Amazon Fires Alabama Union Leader Who Helped Spark a National Wave of Organizing "We will fight this, I will not be silenced, we will not be stopped," said Bessemer union organizer Jennifer Bates. By Kenny Stancil , CommonDreams June 3, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing 2 Former Alabama Governors Call for Commuting Dozens of Death Row Convictions "We have come over time to see the flaws in our nation’s justice system," the two former governors said. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 24, 2023 Truthout
News | Reproductive Rights Alabama GOP Bill Aims to Charge People Who Get an Abortion With Murder The bill also allows prosecutors to charge a person for having a miscarriage if they claim the person was negligent. By Chris Walker , Truthout May 12, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing While You’re Lighting Up on 4/20, I’m Serving Decades in Prison for Selling Weed I was sentenced in 1998 to 40 years in prison for selling marijuana. Even as it is decriminalized, I remain behind bars. By Edwin Rubis , Truthout April 20, 2023 Truthout