Friday, April 19, 2024
Lead from old paint and pipes is still a harmful and deadly hazard in millions of US homes
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Lead is a potent neurotoxin that causes severe health effects such as neurological damage, organ failure, and death. Widely used in prod...
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Why rural white Americans’ resentment is a threat to democracy
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Rural white voters have long enjoyed outsize power in American politics. They have inflated voting power in the U.S. Senate, the U.S. Hous...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Yes, efforts to eliminate DEI programs are rooted in racism
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Right-wing activists who have long criticized liberalism and “wokeness” in higher education and helped force the resignation of Claudine...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
The Patterson Test
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Before 2017, I would have struggled to pick out Jim Patterson in the Alabama House of Representatives. Patterson was a Meridianville Rep...
Monday, April 15, 2024
College athletes still are not allowed to be paid by universities − here’s why
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Ever since July 1, 2021, student-athletes have been able to pursue endorsement deals . But when it comes to getting paid by the universiti...
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Fetal personhood rulings could nullify a pregnant patient’s wishes for end-of-life care
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The Alabama Supreme Court handed down an unprecedented decision in February 2024, holding that stored frozen embryos created for in vitro ...
Saturday, April 13, 2024
They want silence around Rosa Parks
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The Rosa Parks statue in Montgomery’s Court Square is not what you expect from a monument. That’s why I love it. There’s no pedestal. No...
Friday, April 12, 2024
Absorbing half of Mexico altered American culture
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Proponents of America’s system of immigration controls lament what they say are “invaders” crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and entering th...
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Steve Flowers: Inside the Statehouse - Population and political power now rests in north Alabama
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Growing up as a teenager in the 1960s, I served as a page in the Alabama Legislature. One day when I was around 13 years old, I was lookin...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Is this the least productive congress ever? Yes, but it’s not just because they’re lazy
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Congress has once again been making headlines for all the wrong reasons, with multiple news outlets in recent months touting the current ...
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