Tag: time
Travel Writer, Author And Educator Verna Gates: ‘I Choose Birmingham’
By Verna Gates
I choose Birmingham. That iron ore must have seeped into the fibers of my body. It draws me back like a magnet. ...
President Obama Commutes 46 Sentences, Calls for Justice System Overhaul
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Calling America “a nation of second chances,” President Barack Obama cut the prison sentences of 46 non-violent drug offenders...
Time Will Tell if Furling the Rebel Flag Means Deeper Change
By ALLEN G. BREED and JAY REEVES
Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Across the South, Confederate symbols are toppling, teetering or at least getting critical new...
Why the South’s Defeat was a Victory for Human Progress The...
by JOHN WIGHT
Counterpunch
If ever a cause was unworthy, that cause was the US Confederacy. If ever a cause was righteously defeated, it was the...
800-lb Woman (Marla McCants) Stands for First Time in Years
800-lb Woman (Marla McCants) Stands for First Time in Years
By EURWeb
It might be hard to imagine someone putting on hundreds of pounds from eating...
State Leaders Need To Spend Less Time “Standing Up To Obama”...
State Leaders Need To Spend Less Time “Standing Up To Obama” and More Time “Standing Up For Alabama”
Most Alabama politicians spent this past campaign...
