activist fringes dominate abortion debate as voters favor the middle
The views clash with laws recently passed in Alabama and other states that don't allow exceptions. . ..…
rich states, poor states: how a federal minimum wage hike would widen
The federal $7.25 minimum applies in another large group of generally lower-cost states Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin.. ..…
new hampshire repeals death penalty
Since that time, while punishment has been and remains in 29 states and Federal system, including Texas, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. ..…
'no healing will come' from alabama execution, catholic group
In response to Supreme Court's May decision to allow the execution of Alabama death-row inmate, Catholic group seeking to end the penalty said in tweet. ... This is not the time the court had weighed in on this particular case involving the sentence for the 46-year-old man on death row for the..…
washington, d.c. could allow people in prison to vote
The swung the opposite direction in the early 2000s, when Nevada, New Mexico, Nebraska, Alabama, Iowa, Florida, and Maryland all eased restrictions on ex-felons to allow voting after their release. ..…
for candidates and voters, faith plays part in 2020 presidential
Emba said most voters aren’t the extreme of New York, which recently passed legislation to expand abortion in the state, or Alabama, which passed legislation banning most abortions in the state. . ..…
living legend: stephen l. williams
Williams graduated from Waycross High School in 1974, and earned his B.A sociology and social work from Huntingdon College Montgomery, Alabama in 1977. ..…
theater review: "hold these truths" - powerful political drama
Just as Rosa Parks defied an order to relinquish her seat to a white passenger on an Alabama bus in 1955, Gordie Hirabayashi defied an 8 p.m. curfew ordered for all Japanese-Americans in 1942. ..…
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