racism in Alabama

The labor and employment law firm Duddy, Goodwin & Pollard studied workplace racism over fourteen years. The results ranked Alabama worst in the U.S.

Alabamians have the opportunity to weigh in on state policy that would restrict the circulation of certain books to minors in public libraries. The Alabama Public Library Service is holding a public hearing on Tuesday, April 30 to discuss the proposal.

The history of slavery in America is the focus of a new sculpture park in Montgomery, Alabama. The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park honors the millions of people who endured slavery's brutality. The park opening March 27 is the third site created by the Equal Justice Initiative, which is dedicated to taking an unflinching look at the nation's history.

Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation aimed at prohibiting universities, schools and public entities from maintaining diversity and inclusion offices or funding initiatives that teach what Republicans labeled as "divisive concepts."

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville backed off his defense of white nationalists, telling reporters in the Capitol that white nationalists "are racists."

Black women in the U.S. are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy or delivery than any other race. Some doctors don't take their concerns seriously. Black babies are more likely to die, and also far more likely to be born prematurely.

Queen Elizabeth and NASA astronaut Jim McDivitt were joined by an iconic University of Alabama student on the Associated Press list of notable people who died in 2022.

John Patterson had been attorney general of Alabama at age 29. Wallace was making his first foray in the race for governor and so was Patterson. But…