In Alabama, hate only wins if we stay home in November | #elections | #alabama
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- April 10, 2024
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Election years tend to bring out the worst in politicians vying to hold on to power and win elections. Recently, in Alabama, that materialized through a set of education bills that recall the state’s segregationist past and reject the promise of a free and inclusive public school system that is the bedrock of our democracy. This […]
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Conservative Arkansas did it; so can Tennessee
Joe Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., is president and CEO of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement and was Arkansas’ surgeon general under Govs. Mike Huckabee (R) and Mike Beebe (D). In 2013, my home state of Arkansas became the first Southern state to adopt Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. We didn’t simply accept what […]
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What if Alabama had never taken anyone’s vote away? | #elections | #alabama
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- January 12, 2024
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There’s a chance — not a guarantee, but a better-than-average possibility — that two Black Alabamians will represent the state in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2025. A federal court created two new congressional districts for the state, one with a Black Voting Age Population (BVAP) of 51.9% and one with a BVAP of 48.7%. […]
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A subject that never comes up in Alabama political campaigns? Alabama | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Political campaigns in Alabama have one distinguishing feature: a total lack of interest in Alabama. Oh sure, a candidate will speak of “Alabama values” while brandishing a gun and explaining why some Alabamians don’t count. But if you want to talk about the state as you and I experience it, you’re not going to hear […]
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Detroit moving quickly to set new city council districts | #citycouncil
Alex B. Hill The Detroit City Council is planning to finalize redrawn City Council districts by January of next year, prompting a mad rush to present alternatives to the existing political landscape ‒ but with little time for residents to weigh in on the new district maps. Detroiters overwhelmingly approved the reintroduction of a ward […]
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