Alabama

To win in Alabama, Doug Jones must create a new coalition

December 4, 2017 By Rev. Jesse Jackson

There is a new Alabama that has grown beyond old racial divides.

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! Alabama Republican downplays pedophilia, defends Roy Moore

November 10, 2017 By C.J. Atkins

If Republicans are truly worried about the moral degeneracy of the nation, they should start by looking inward—to their own party.

New attacks on voting rights in Alabama

October 14, 2015 By Larry Rubin

Alabama has developed new ways to prevent African Americans from voting.

Today in labor history: Montgomery teenager refused to yield bus seat

October 21, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1955, African-American Mary Louise Smith refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery Alabama.

Civil rights 2013: a cautionary tale from Alabama

August 23, 2013 By Scott Douglas

In July of 1963, I was preparing for my senior year at Nashville's Pearl High School. For me, news about the civil rights movement became an unsettling blend of darkest tragedies and heady victories.