Worley calls on Senate to reject Sessions nomination
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Saturday, November 19, 2016, Alabama Democratic Party Chairwoman Nancy Worley called the appointment of US Senator Jeff Sessions “disturbing” and called on...
View ArticleDemocrats prepare for bitter confirmation fight against Sen. Sessions
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter WASHINGTON—Tuesday, January 3, 2017, a number of protestors from the NAACP held a sit in in US Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) Mobile offices. Alabama...
View ArticleBo Bice, Popeye’s chicken and a lesson in racism
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Bo Bice likes his chicken without the side of racism, thanks. The former “American Idol” runner-up and Alabama resident resurfaced this week in one of the oddest...
View ArticleThe privilege of being a white college in Alabama
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter There is some confusion over the term “white privilege.” Apparently, quite a few white people are convinced that this term is hogwash, because upon birth they...
View ArticleIt’s never racism in the Alabama Legislature
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter It’s never racism. So, just stop it with that. You’re ruining racism for the people who really experience it – the kind where someone burns a cross in your yard,...
View ArticleMobile to hold City election Tuesday
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, August 22, 2017, residents of Mobile go to the polls to elect their Mayor and City Council. In the Mobile Mayoral race, incumbent Sandy Stimpson...
View ArticleMobile to hold mayoral, city council elections Tuesday
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, August 22, 2017, residents of Mobile go to the polls to elect their mayor and city council. In the Mobile Mayoral race, incumbent Sandy Stimpson...
View ArticleStop acting surprised by Jeff Sessions’ racism
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Jeff Sessions is a racist. I have grown tired of people telling me that he’s not, and then using some contrived example of a time when Jeff Sessions didn’t...
View ArticleDoug Jones reflects on anniversary of 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Friday was the anniversary of the Birmingham church bombing that killed four girls in 1963. The prosecutor who brought the men responsible to justice,...
View ArticleThank you, Roy Moore
By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter From the bottom of my heart, Roy Moore, thank you. Sometimes, in America — and especially in the South — we tend to get a little complacent, a little too...
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EJI’s National Memorial for Peace and Justice to open next week in Montgomery
The U.S.’s first memorial dedicated to those terrorized by lynchings, the legacy of enslaved black people and African-Americans who faced the terror of the Jim Crow era is set to open in Montgomery...
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Council on American-Islamic Relations’ leaders to attend opening of lynching...
Dozens of leaders from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights advocacy group in the U.S., will join other prominent national civil rights and government leaders at...
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Opinion | All you need is love
Oh, Alabama, I cry for you. I cry for you, too, Birmingham. We make progress, then we wipe it out. It’s the old cliché of two steps forward, one step back. Except during election years, it seems we...
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Opinion | There is hope for Alabama
There is hope. It is thin and fragile and has 4th-and-18 odds, but make no mistake about it, there is hope in Alabama for a better future. For better leadership from better leaders who don’t dwell on...
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Knight, Holmes are defeated in Montgomery
Two Montgomery powerhouses — and two of the most prominent Democrats in the state — fell Tuesday night. Rep. Alvin Holmes, the longest-serving member of the Legislature having served 45 years, and Rep....
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Republicans hold summer dinner in Tuscaloosa
Friday, the Alabama Republican Party held their annual Summer Dinner at the Bryant Center in Tuscaloosa. Alabama Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan said that it has been 25 years since the Alabama...
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Alabama Republican Party adopts platform
Saturday, August 25th the Alabama Republican State Executive Committee voted to adopt a platform for the Alabama Republican Party. The committee was at their summer meeting event on the Tuscaloosa...
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Opinion | The consequences of GOP governance were on full display last week
We all hear your dog whistles. If there is anything good and/or beneficial to come from the catastrophe that is Donald Trump roaming aimlessly about the White House, it is that there has been an...
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Hyde-Smith wins Mississippi Senate race
Tuesday, appointed U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) easily won her own term in the U.S. Senate defeating Clinton era Secretary of Agriculture and former Congressman Mike Espy (D) 53.9 percent to 46.1...
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Opinion | A real outsider
Donald Trump got a lot of votes in Alabama. Even today, after two years of implementing policies that have undeniably hurt this state, he still enjoys healthy support in Alabama. While it would be easy...
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