Jun 17 Watch 8:52 Alabama residents left with one insurance option under ACA By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo The Affordable Care Act mandated that all Americans obtain health insurance and created marketplaces, also known as exchanges, to facilitate coverage for the uninsured. But now, enrollees in five states, including Alabama, have only one option for insurance. PBS NewsHour… Continue watching
May 22 Supreme Court strikes down 2 redrawn districts in N.C. over racial bias By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices ruled that Republicans who controlled the state legislature and governor's office in 2011 placed too many African-Americans in the two districts. The result was to weaken African-American voting strength elsewhere in North Carolina. Continue reading
May 20 Alabama’s GOP approves new maps; Dems vow repeat court fight By Kim Chandler, Associated Press Alabama's GOP-dominated legislature redrew legislative maps Friday under court order to fix racial gerrymandering. Continue reading
Apr 11 Why Alabama’s governor resigned — and what’s next By Associated Press Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley resigned and pleaded guilty on the first day of a legislative hearing that could have led to his impeachment. Continue reading
Jan 29 Eight states censor LGBTQ topics in school. Now, a lawsuit is challenging that By Corinne Segal A federal lawsuit maintains that limiting how much teachers can talk about LGBTQ issues, often referred to as "no promo homo" laws, contributes to the harassment of students. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 6:16 In hearing, Sessions says he’ll put law above his own views By PBS News Hour It’s the first day of confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet. Attorney general nominee Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions spent the day before the Senate Judiciary Committee defending his views on race and civil rights and separating himself from the… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch 8:50 Why the NAACP and others are protesting Trump’s attorney general pick By PBS News Hour The NAACP mounted protests across Alabama on Tuesday against the president-elect’s nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, including at the senator’s office, where NAACP president Cornell Brooks and others staged a sit-in. Alison Stewart speaks with Sari Horwitz… Continue watching
Jan 04 NAACP sit-in at Jeff Sessions’ office ends in six arrests By Joshua Barajas Police arrested six protesters, including the national NAACP president, after they spent hours staging a sit-in Tuesday at a Mobile, Alabama, office of Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for U.S. attorney general. Continue reading
Dec 19 Watch 7:46 Lynching memorial aims to help U.S. acknowledge a history of terror By PBS News Hour Lynchings -- unlawful executions used to terrorise and subdue black communities into passivity -- are perhaps one of the least discussed legacies of slavery and the Jim Crow South. A new memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, will commemorate victims of these… Continue watching
Dec 17 On victory lap, few signs Trump focusing on unified nation By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday was wrapping up his postelection victory tour, showing few signs of focusing on uniting a divided nation. Continue reading