Castleberry is a town of 486 people in south-central Alabama where strawberries grow big and sweet. It is where life took Alesia Thomas, a Black military veteran, when her best friend needed her help, and it is where the Indiana native intends to grow old. …
When Katie Wood interviewed for the position of math teacher at Lennard High School in Hillsborough County, Florida, in 2021, she told the principal that she was a transgender woman and wanted to work only in a school that would make her feel welcome. “I …
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in favor of the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, setting a precedent for criminalizing people experiencing homelessness. Originally filed in 2018, Johnson v. Grants Pass was taken up by the court as other states, including …
With less than six months to go until we elect the next U.S. president, voters must be savvy to spot disinformation. Artificial intelligence tools are making that task more difficult by allowing people to easily generate fake images and video intended to …
Black voters in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, were outraged when a state judge ruled last December that their favored candidate for sheriff, Henry Whitehorn, had to submit to a third election after he won a runoff by one vote and a recount confirmed his one- …
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, and set a precedent for criminalizing people who are experiencing homelessness. Originally filed in 2018, Johnson v. Grants Pass was taken up by the U.S. Supreme …
As swords clash on shields, and fire fills the air Our enemy is driven to retreat Blood stains the earth, they scatter in fear We know now that we have got them beat The lyrics above from Skrewdriver’s Hail Victory album describe a world engulfed in racist …
After almost four years of legal wrangling, rekeyed locks, dueling town councils, backroom intrigue and viral media coverage, the first Black man to become mayor of Newbern, Alabama, is a judge’s signature away from finally serving the remainder of his …
Juneteenth National Independence Day may be a relatively new federal holiday, but it has a long history. Here are some books about this holiday that celebrates the end of enslavement in the U.S. These books educate both adults and children about Juneteenth …
Executive Summary Years after three horrific mass shootings, videos created by the different attackers behind them are still present on social media and mainstream streaming services. Some services are facing challenges detecting and getting rid of these …
Peter Brimelow quote from March 2024 featured on VDARE.com A New York state judge in March found the VDARE Foundation, the nonprofit organization that owns and operates the digital publication VDARE.com, in civil contempt for failing to produce hard copy …
Earlier this spring, a group of college students from Auburn University, Chicago’s Governors State University and members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Auburn traveled by boat to a narrow stretch of the Mobile River, just north of the Mobile …
Since 2021, the U.S. has observed June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day. However, the national holiday, which marks the end of enslavement in the country, was celebrated in Black communities long before federal recognition. Here are some key …
Nashville police announced in a press release last month they arrested an “alleged member of a white supremacist group” who they believe is responsible for spray painting racist and antisemitic slurs, as well as neo-Nazi symbols, in the early morning hours …
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part series. Read part 1 here. Loretta, a lifelong resident of Newbern, Alabama, likes to walk in the morning. “It’s already getting hot,” she said as she finished up her daily ritual. It was not yet 10 a.m., …
What happened next was a personal smear campaign that has played out in other communities across America as hard-right activists, dead-set on oppressing diversity and censoring reading materials, have targeted librarians, protested at library boards and …
Jenice Fountain could not believe what she was hearing. Was that Steve Marshall, the attorney general of Alabama, on talk radio, threatening to go after her tiny organization, which is dedicated to supporting pregnant Alabamians seeking legal abortion care …
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released an in-depth analysis of the most extreme faction of the anti-abortion movement in the United States. The report, Anti-Abortion Extremism: Inside the Movement Dismantling Our …
Five years ago, when I met Sharon Motley in Montgomery, Alabama, her young grandson was doing backflips in her living room while she did mental gymnastics on the couch. Her driver’s license had been suspended for five years for minor traffic fines. She was …
When the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, branch of the NAACP received word from members of the community that a patrol deputy in Plaquemines Parish was a member of the Proud Boys, a known anti-Muslim and anti-woman group, the branch leadership took action. “Our …
