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Ending cycle of poverty through social change

It’s another hot Saturday on one of Birmingham’s most sizzling days. Temperatures with the heat index reach in ...

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Driver’s license offices closing is final straw

The straw that broke the camel’s back. That old saying makes the point that sometimes the load gets ...

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Commander to visit on Veterans Day

Fall is in the air and beginning to cast its magnificent hues across the landscape. What a wonderful ...

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Families between rock and hard place

When you open up the pages of a national newspaper or turn to a major news network and ...

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Country can’t vet refugees or control taxpayer cost

The Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest conducted an oversight hearing with four Administration officials responsible ...

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Unnecessary barriers to voting

By Rep. Terri Sewell Sewell represents  Alabama’s 7th Congressional District On Sept. 30, my Black Belt constituents were ...

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For now all parks are open to enjoy

In the wake of the announcement to close five state parks and cut services and hours at other ...

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Importance of breast cancer awareness

There are a lot of things that make October a special month: the playoffs in Major League Baseball, ...

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More pneumonia in the Black Belt

When one community gets a cold, another community gets pneumonia. I heard variations of this wise saying many ...

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Law & Order Selma edition

Founding father and second President of our country John Adams once said: “Facts are stubborn things, and whatever ...

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We’re created in the image of God

A senior adult friend was talking with me about physical problems and growing older. They made the ...

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We should encourage voting, not limit it

The voices of our most vulnerable citizens have been further silenced by the decision to close 31 driver’s ...

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Bentley goes back on his word with closures

All we have is our word. We all hold to the old adage, your word is your bond. ...

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Bentley loses all credibility by closing parks

By CRAIG FORD | Alabama House Minority Leader  As if $86 million in new taxes and an $80 ...

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When there is no vision, the people perish

Where there is no vision, the people perish. These prophetic words are found in Proverbs 29:18. They were ...

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