Alabama

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is in political hot water this week for past remarks he made about President Obama’s race. According to the new book Game Change, Reid encouraged Obama’s run for the White House, in part, because he was “light-skinned” and had “no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.’ Long […]

When I went to camp Anytown Alabama, the focus was on interracial dialogue. Now immigration is part of the camp curriculum.

Immigrant rights activists will join with civil rights leaders commemorating the 50th anniversary of the march in Selma, Alabama. “We want to reaffirm our role that we are fighting against oppression and discrimination.”

We analyze the results of Alabama’s most hotly contested primaries. Pat Duggins, News Director for Alabama Public Radio, fills us in on Alabama’s primary results and their significance.

The Washington Post conducted a lengthy investigation, published on Tuesday, that found U.S. Congress members earmarking $300 million for projects that in some cases quite literally go right past their front door. And there’s no transparency to the process.