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Opinion | Voter ID laws burden minority voters, have zero effect on fraud

Photo ID laws do not stop voter fraud. It’s a pretty simple truth. One that is verifiable through any number of sources and studies. ...

Josh MoonJuly 31, 2019

Education

Analysis | Alabama’s charter school law has a number of problems

The Alabama charter school law is an absolute mess, filled with loopholes and nonexistent instructions that make it possible, if not likely, that the...

Josh MoonJuly 30, 2019

Elections

Roby won’t seek re-election

U.S. Rep. Martha Roby will not seek re-election in 2020. A five-term Congresswoman, Roby made the announcement on Friday through her press office, as...

Josh MoonJuly 26, 2019

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Opinion | If unemployment in Alabama is low, why is poverty so high?

There is a problem in Alabama. Well, actually, there are a lot of problems in Alabama, but this one problem is an encapsulation of...

Josh MoonJuly 26, 2019

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Opinion | What happened to the Republican Party?

I feel bad for Rep. Martha Roby. Whenever Roby pops up on screen at one of the now-common House hearings about whatever set of...

Josh MoonJuly 25, 2019

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Opinion | Washington County charter school opposition is about quality public schools, not one guy’s religion

The people in Washington County who oppose a planned charter school are not bigots. They’re not against the charter school because a Muslim guy...

Josh MoonJuly 24, 2019

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Opinion | Alabama Democratic Party specializes in doing nothing

There was an extremely unpopular gas tax. There was the felon in the White House. There are tiny children held in cages in America. ...

Josh MoonJuly 17, 2019

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Opinion | The new angry white mob

Growing up in Alabama, pictures from the Civil Rights Era were an almost daily part of life. Hardly a day in school went by...

Josh MoonJuly 16, 2019

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Opinion | Carbon Hill mayor is all that’s wrong with Alabama

Mark Chambers is what’s wrong with Alabama. Every week — sometimes, every day in a week — I get messages from people from all...

Josh MoonJuly 12, 2019

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Opinion | The Obamacare legal challenge could leave you in the poor house

Our insurance stinks. My wife and I have a 1-year-old daughter, and the family health insurance plan that we signed up for through her...

Josh MoonJuly 11, 2019