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Protests stories
Congress
After a pro-Palestine protest at the University of Alabama, Alabama's senators cosponsored a bill restricting student debt forgiveness for protestors.
Opinion
Campus protests, after all, present a learning opportunity on permissible conduct and expression.
Local news
Decatur is seeking to change when, how, and if individuals and groups can peacefully protest.
Featured Opinion
Upset because people are protesting outside of his house, Decatur mayor Tab Bowling wants to violate the constitution to stop them.
Legislature
Antifa is not a formally organized group nationally or in Alabama, so the resolution targets “those who act under the banner of Antifa."
Opinion
This is the best outcome in a democracy that’s committed to free speech.
State
Protesters say the police chief began requiring them to pay for police protection and even used noise ordinances on unamplified voices.
Legislature
Opponents say the bill is too vague and could be wielded against citizens exercising their constitutional right to peaceful protest.
Local news
The group also asked for the U.S. Department of Justice to open an investigation into the Huntsville police.