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Confederate monument removed from Alabama courthouse
A 115-year-old Confederate monument that was the subject of protests in Alabama this year was removed from outside a county courthouse early...
Historically black school renames hall honoring KKK leader
A historically black university in Alabama has renamed a dormitory that honored a one-time governor who also led a Ku Klux Klan...
Alabama city takes step to move Confederate monument
An Alabama city has taken a step toward removing a Confederate monument following weeks of pressure.
The Florence City Council voted...
Mike Pence, Kamala Harris spar over COVID-19 in vice presidential debate
Pence’s message Wednesday night was undercut by the mere fact that the candidates and moderator were separated by plexiglass shields.
Alabama lawyer depicted in ‘Just Mercy’ wins ‘alternative Nobel’
Bryan Stevenson, who founded the Equal Justice Initiative in 1989, was named a recipient of annual Right Livelihood Award.
Anniston removes Confederate monument following vote
Workers with the city of Anniston began removing the stone obelisk from the grassy median of a busy avenue late Sunday.
Alabama Archives faces its legacy as Confederate ‘attic’
Amid a national reckoning over racial injustice, the agency is confronting that legacy in the state where the civil rights movement was born.
FBI director says antifa is an ideology, not an organization
That characterization contradicts the depiction from Trump, who in June singled out antifa.
In `law and order’ debate, data can be molded to suit...
Several cities have seen a sobering surge in murders this summer, but those numbers are only a small snapshot of crime in the United States, and Trump's strategy is highlighting how data can be easily molded to suit the moment.
‘Fanning the flames’: Dems accuse Donald Trump of stoking violence
Trump was accused of trying to inflame racial tensions and incite violence to benefit his campaign.
