Columnists

Selma just pulled at my heart

How did you come to live in Selma? How did two Harvard educated lawyers come to live in ...

Columnists

Open letter to Governor Bentley

Governor Bentley, I heard you talking about the charter school bill last week. I sensed your sincere desire ...

Columnists

Reasons for marching once again

Why y’all marching all the way from Selma to Montgomery in 2012? No one actually asked me that ...

Columnists

Voting rights: What’s in a name?

Bridge Crossing Jubilee. What’s in a name? National Voting Rights Celebration. What’s in a name? Jimmie Lee Jackson ...

Columnists

Attacks on education are disguised

The attacks on public education continue unabated. The first week of the 2012 Legislative session produced a bounty ...

Columnists

An open letter to the Attorney General

The following is an edited letter that I sent to U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Dear Attorney General ...

Columnists

Books are so powerful

As we sat around the long conference table, this thought kept running in my mind: “Books are so powerful, ...

Columnists

What do celebrations mean?

Celebrations, Celebrations, Celebrations. I participated in celebrations of the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on ...

Columnists

We must be cautious of this Trojan Horse

Trojan Horse! Trojan Horse!! Trojan Horse!!! The Alabama charter schools proposal is a Trojan Horse. Beware! Beware!! Beware!!! Let ...

Columnists

Greeting becomes a challenge

This greeting was shaping up as a real challenge. There was a time challenge, a subject challenge and ...

Columnists

Kwanzaa repairs broken communities

“Why Kwanzaa?” That is a question some ask repeatedly. “Because it’s necessary,” is my response. I ...

Columnists

What age is your walk?

“It’s not your birthday. It’s not your children’s birthday. It’s not your relatives’ or friends’ birthdays. Christmas is ...

Opinion

No longer in need of assistance

Back on Oct. 4, I shared the story of INA (In Need of Assistance). Her back was ...

Columnists

An open letter to Gov. Robert Bentley

Dear Governor Bentley: This is a critical time in Alabama. It calls for leadership of the highest order, which ...

Columnists

We have plenty to be thankful for

I am so thankful. I often think about thankfulness and Thanksgiving Day makes me think about it even ...

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