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News outlets are re-thinking mug shot publishing policies
Amid changing tides in social justice and a national spotlight on issues of race and policing, the Chicago Tribune has become the latest...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20213 min read


Local Nonprofit Offering Financial Assistance to Montgomery Families with Infant Children
MONTGOMERY, ALA. – Levi's Grace, Incorporated, a Montgomery-based 501(c)(3) entity, announced last week that it was offering bill payment...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20211 min read


Removal of public Confederate symbols increased in 2020, SPLC reports
The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a report last week updating its 2020 year-end Whose Heritage? report...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20213 min read


Black History Month controversy at Utah school highlights lack of diversity, racial insensitivity
A public charter Montessori school in a small Utah town has grabbed national attention over its initial decision to allow parents and...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20214 min read


Last Minute Black Business Holiday Buying Guide
It's the most wonderful time of the year, but not so much for procrastinators. If the Christmas clock has caught you slipping on your...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Until Freedom makes stop in Birmingham
National social justice group Until Freedom has begun its Do It for Breonna: State of Emergency Vote Tour. The tour stopped in...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20211 min read


No charges in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor
Louisville, Ky. - The grand jury in Jefferson County, Kentucky announced former police officer Brett Hankison has been indicted on three...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20211 min read


Governor Ivey issues state of emergency, closes beaches as Hurricane Sally nears Alabama Gulf Coast
Montgomery, Ala. – Governor Ivey issued a state of emergency Monday ahead of Hurricane Sally making landfall along the Gulf Coast. Ivey...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20211 min read


Tropical storm could impact Alabama weather in coming days
Montgomery, Ala. - While summer is winding down, the Atlantic hurricane season is reaching its peak. A broad area of low pressure and...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20211 min read


Auburn names student center for its first Black student body president, now Georgia Chief Justice
Auburn, Ala. – The Auburn Student Center has been named for Harold Melton, chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court and the first...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read


Troy University renames building for late Rep. John Lewis after denying him admission in the 1950s
Troy, Ala. – The Board of Trustees of Troy University voted Wednesday to rename Bibb Graves Hall — currently named for a former governor...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read


Black man shot in back seven times by WI police in front of his children – ages 3, 5 and 8
WISCONSIN – Jacob Blake, a 29 year old African-American man, was shot seven times on Sunday by a white police officer in Kenosha,...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read


Harlem Globetrotter discusses 'racial undertones' of 'offensive' visit to WBRC's Good Day Alabama
Birmingham, Ala. – Maxwell Pearce, an entrepreneur and member of the Harlem Globetrotters, posted a four-minute video on Saturday evening...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read


Alabama, Auburn players respond as coronavirus leads major conferences to nix fall football schedule
Birmingham, Ala. – Teams like Ohio State, Michigan, USC, and Oregon will not be playing college football this Fall as the Big Ten and...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read


Federal investigation finds rampant segregation, racial bias at Decatur Housing Authority
Decatur, Ala. – A U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) investigation found that 94 percent of the Decatur Housing...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read


Thousands of Alabama school-bound laptops held up in U.S. Customs due to human rights sanctions
Etowah County, Ala. – A potential customs dispute over laptops may throw a wrench in some school system’s ability to teach virtually this...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read


Auburn University at Montgomery explores race relations, Medicaid expansion and education equity
This story was originally posted by Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) Montgomery, Ala. - Peaceful protests in response to police...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20215 min read


ASU Board Renews Contract of Fmr. State Senator, Dr. Quinton Ross, as University President
(Montgomery, Ala.) – The Board of Trustees for Alabama State University (ASU) voted today to renew the contract of the University's 15th...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20211 min read


SWAC Cancels Fall Sports; Magic City Classic Postponed Until Spring
By Corryn Carter, Our 360 Staff Writer Birmingham, Ala. - The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) voted unanimously to postpone...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20213 min read


College Football In Peril As More Conferences Cancel Season
Birmingham, Ala. - SEC football fans would normally have a lot to talk about around the water cooler these days. SEC Media Days, a July...

Alex Nelson
Oct 28, 20212 min read
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