Kamau Afrika said his challenge is not a personal attack on anyone. But he said current conditions require clear-headed leaders.

State legislators try again to assert control over the Birmingham Water Works Board. Some think the utility brought it on ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday criminalizing human cloning 71-4, with 22 ...

Black lawmakers have to work with a system that has no interest in honoring our real past, one that forces terrible choices ...

Gov. Kay Ivey has treated Juneteenth as a state holiday for the past several years in alignment with the federal holiday.

Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birmingham, said the plans are health insurance “however you frame it.” Givan, who did not vote on ...

Alabama State Representative and Birmingham mayoral candidate Juandalynn Givan responded to the appointment of Michael Pickett as the new Chief of the Birmingham Police Department. Mayor Randall ...

Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Pike Road) said crime has gotten out of hand. He said his bill will do more to curb lawlessness in some Alabama cities. “I kind of think ...

Last year, Republicans forced Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birmingham, who is Black, to include the Juneteenth-or-the-racist provision in her bill that would have established the state holiday.

Rep. Juandalynn Givan, D-Birmingham, said the plans are health insurance “however you frame it.” Givan, who did not vote on the bill, said its apparent purpose is to avoid federal regulations ...