by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 15, 2017 | Blog
Did you ever bargain with an auto dealer over the price of a car? Most of us have, at one time or another, so we know how this drill works. The car has a sticker price. We want a lower price, so we make an offer. Sometimes the dealer doesn’t budge. More typically,...
by Jeff Bryant | Dec 15, 2017 | Blog
A controversial rewrite of the Higher Education Act that just passed out of committee in the House of Representatives in a strict party-line vote will likely reboot floundering for-profit colleges and revive the scandals associated with this industry should it clear...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 14, 2017 | Blog
Before he became one of the great basketball players of his time, Charles Barkley was a son of the Alabama soil. He went home to help Doug Jones pull off his upset victory against Roy Moore in this week's special Senate election. Here's what he had to say on CNN...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 13, 2017 | Blog
Democrat Doug Jones won his bid for a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama Tuesday night against Republican Roy Moore in one of the most closely watched elections of the year. But the real winners of this election are the thousands of voters who came together into a movement...
by Miles Mogulescu | Dec 13, 2017 | Blog
“Deep in my heart, I do believe, that we shall overcome some day.” Songs were integral to the civil rights movement. And no song was as iconic as “We Shall Overcome.” It inspired a generation of civil rights warriors, was sung at rallies, churches, marches, concerts,...
by Rev. Kenneth Glasgow | Dec 12, 2017 | Blog
There’s a lot at stake in Alabama right now; every vote counts. That’s why we’ve been going door to door to let folks know they have the right to vote, and get them out to the polls. In Alabama, more than a quarter of a million people have been disenfranchised because...
