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JD Crowe: Celebrate Juneteenth and abolish Alabama’s Confederate holidays
Birmingham News· 20 hours agoJune 19 has long been recognized by African Americans as a day to celebrate the end of slavery. It...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open, what’s closed today (June 19, 2024)? Walmart, Target, grocery stores
Birmingham News· 20 hours agoJune 19th – known as Juneteenth – is a federal holiday. Major retailers will remain open, however....
As a key labor union pushes into the South, red states push back
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 7 days agoJust days before workers at a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama began voting last week on whether to...
Diana Fleischman: IVF and designer babies?
Reason.com· 7 days agoEvolutionary psychologist Diana Fleischman discusses IVF, artificial genetic selection, and her unique take on the movie Gattaca.
Southern Baptist Convention votes to oppose IVF treatments; local clinic responds
WKRG via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Nearly 11,000 voters at the Southern Baptist Convention voted to oppose in...
Alabama math and science school opens $15 million research center in Mobile
Birmingham News· 5 days agoOn Friday, the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science opened the Edward O. Wilson Science and...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 3 days agoKansas may be taking a page out of Alabama’s book after it shamefully became the latest state to ban diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. On Wednesday, Alabama Gov. Kay</ ...
Alabama’s I.V.F. Shield Law Now Faces a Constitutional Challenge
New York Times· 5 days agoEmily Cochrane covers the American South, and has covered the legal and legislative battles over...
Dem-backed IVF bill slammed by GOP as broad fails key hurdle in Senate
Fox News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe vote comes after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are legally people and...
New voter registration rules threaten hefty fines, criminal penalties for groups
West Virginia Watch via Yahoo News· 7 days agoORLANDO, Fla. — On a sticky Sunday afternoon in late May, Mark Wendell ambled through Loch Haven...