Alabama
Saga of 1930s Alabama Communists has lessons for today
August 26, 2019Activists today need to understand that they are building on a long and powerful heritage of working-class and anti-racist organization and struggle in this country.
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Alabama governor says God backs the attack on women’s rights
May 17, 2019Alabama’s Republican governor has signed the most stringent abortion legislation in the nation, making performing an abortion a felony in nearly all cases.
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Girls basketball player remains benched for $857.20 check
January 8, 2019"This was for USA Basketball. It’s the next thing to the Olympics. That’s the road you travel to the Olympics and they turn around and Alabama decides they will supersede that decision?”
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Two Alabama health agencies face federal bias complaint over sewage problems
October 1, 2018The Alabama Department of Public Health and the Lowndes County Health Department are facing a federal civil rights complaint that alleges both agencies discriminated against African-American residents of Lowndes County, Ala.
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Court gives low-paid Alabama workers a win for higher pay
August 2, 2018“The federal appeals court’s decision today affirmed state lawmakers discriminated against the city’s predominantly black workforce in stealing away their minimum wage increase."
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