Columnists

Jubilee brings forth a joyous celebration

Jubilee time is a coming. Voting Rights Celebrations are a coming. People get ready. Joyful but meaningful times ...

Columnists

Budget cuts will set education back for years

The Alabama fiscal situation is improving – slowly. We had 11 straight months of improvements in sales taxes ...

Columnists

History allows us to celebrate and overcome

I am so glad I tapped into Black history.

Columnists

Help for Black Belt must come from within

I think it is wonderful that Gov. Robert Bentley appointed Ron Sparks to head Alabama Office of Rural ...

Columnists

When times get tough, hope is powerful

I believe that when we embrace hope with belief and faith, everything becomes possible. Hope is powerful.

Columnists

We must counter hate with love

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The very sound of the name raises powerful images in our minds. One ...

Columnists

Gifts come in different wrappings

I want to follow up on last week’s column about giving. I want to share an experience with ...

Columnists

Unexpected gifts can be powerful

Giving is powerful.  I write this partly because we say that this is the season to give.  However, ...

Columnists

As expected, session is a power play

I was hoping that this special session was not really about reducing the power of some and increasing ...

Columnists

Shotgun blast of session has broader aim

We are going in a special session of the Alabama Legislature. This is a special session that really ...

Opinion

If it’s not one thing, it’s another

“Hank, the black farmers appropriation passed the U. S. Senate. Isn’t that wonderful? I am celebrating!” Those words ...

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Stories are very powerful

Stories are powerful. Stories are especially powerful to those growing in our lives. I was reminded of the ...

Columnists

Counting your blessings

People are watching me. I see how they look at me when they talk with me. I hear ...

Opinion

Election Day brings sweeping changes

It was a massive electoral wave, bringing massive victory to some and massive defeat to others. I was ...

Columnists

We took a chance and did the best we could

They say, “Politics is the art of the possible.” I suspect they really mean “politics is the art ...

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