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Hate, Injustice and Courage
100+ years of terrorism, KKK has ~5,000 members today.No, Nikki Haley, America was—and far too often still is—a racist country. On the long Road to Abolition from when the founders debated slavery...
View ArticleAn Ode to Unconscious Cruelty
The Black Belt runs across the middle of Alabama and Mississippi, and although it is hallowed ground in the Civil Rights Movement, today, economically, it looks more like ground zero. I saw more,...
View ArticleWhyte uptight entitled pontoon passengers attack Black riverboat worker....
The entitlement of some white people has really gotten out of hand. A riverfront brawl in Montgomery, Alabama last weekend displays this in 2023. And enough was enough. Let’s hope Law Enforcement...
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Photo Diary: Montgomery AL
Some photos from Montgomery AL.The city has two very powerful museums: the Legacy Museum and the Rosa Parks Museum. Alas, both are “no photos”. :(So here are some other photos from a day spent...
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Photo Diary: Riverfront Park, Montgomery AL
This is a nice little park located along the Alabama River, which flows through Montgomery. Great place for a picnic lunch. In summer there are tourist paddleboats out on the river.Some photos.For...
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Photo Diary: Montgomery AL Zoo
Yeh, I like zoos, and try to visit any in whatever area I pass through.This one doesn’t have the budget of big-city zoos like San Diego or Columbus, but they do very well with what they have, and...
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Montgomery, Alabama, Votes to Keep Discrimination Legal - Because Bathrooms.
On Tuesday, the City Council of Montgomery, Alabama, voted down an ordinance that would have offered protections to a wide range of minority groups and prohibited discrimination based on race, gender,...
View ArticleFrom the Pittsburgh of the South to Rocket City
Due to COVID delays, the official census count for the state of Alabama arrived today. Unsurprisingly, but nonetheless shocking to the senses, Alabama now finds itself with a new largest city. For...
View ArticleNewly released bodycam video shows exactly why mother of 5-year-old is suing...
Dionne Holliday and Kevin Christmon are Montgomery County Police Department officers. According to a lawsuit brought by Maryland mother Shanta Grant, the two officers berated and abused her 5-year-old...
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Now is the time to honor Fred D. Gray for a lifetime of legal work that...
One of the themes of the new Biden administration is Equity. On January 26, Biden intends to sign Executive Orders overturning Trump policies related to Equity. This diary is a plea to Joe Biden and...
View ArticleDoctors leave in disgust after Montgomery City Council ignores their pleas...
Across the country COVID-19 cases continue to rise. The small plateau in cases seen for a few days in April are long behind us. This means that municipalities looking to try to reopen parts of their...
View ArticleMontgomery honors Rosa Parks with new statue 64 years after her protest and...
On Sunday, Dec. 1, a new Rosa Parks statue was unveiled in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, 64 years after Parks was arrested for refusing to sacrifice her seat on a public—and segregted—bus. AL.com...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Kentucky Republicans back down from plot to steal election...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel...
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Black Kos, Week In Review
Commentary: African American Scientists and Inventors By Black Kos Editor, Sephius1Today's inventor is someone who took advantage of the good seed planted by his grandfather, who was born a slave and...
View ArticleMontgomery, Alabama, elects its first African American mayor
Montgomery, the capital city of Alabama, made history on Tuesday when it elected its first African American mayor. Montgomery County Probate Judge Steven Reed defeated local Fox television station...
View ArticleSweet Home Alabama?
I have just returned from an extended trip through the civil rights monuments of Tennessee and Alabama (a journey I encourage every American to take). It’s beautiful country, populated by some of the...
View ArticleMontgomery, Alabama: Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs
Felicia Hirata and I are in the midst of a Georgia-Alabama Civil Rights circuit. I write this blog while sitting in a park along the Alabama River. The quiet beauty of the spot belies the past. The...
View ArticleFor my son with opioid addiction, Medicaid was a lifeline. Rep Steve Chabot...
xFacebook ContentFour years ago, my son, Andy, told my wife and I, “I’ve got a problem with pills.” This past June, we lost him to an opioid addiction. I’m not quite sure when Andy started shooting up,...
View ArticleThe Progressive Fight is against Bezos, not Blair in the Montgomery County,...
As I noted in my prior election piece, there was a covert council candidate slate and also a shifting of money from Roger Berliner towards Rose Krasnow and David Blair.It is also noteworthy how these...
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Red Money, Blue Primary: mapping GOP donations in Montgomery County MD DEM...
This image is not art, but a powerful piece of computing illustrating how donors are placing their money in a very crowded Montgomery County MD Democratic primary election June 26. There are 1.2...
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