African American church leaders are speaking out over budget cuts being proposed by the Trump White House. The Smithsonian ...

Democratic lawmakers have attempted to pass similar bills in the Alabama legislature but have been unsuccessful, as several representatives pointed out Thursday.

Jasmin Hernandez-Alamillo, the community health coordinator for the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice, a group that ...

Senate Republicans took the unusual step of using a rule to prevent Democrats from debate or filibuster on about a half-dozen ...

Michigan House members propose a resolution to ban slavery as punishment for crimes, aiming for a constitutional amendment.

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - The bill to make Juneteenth a state holiday in Alabama is one step closer to passing as it has successfully advanced through the House. District 85 Representative Rick Rehm ...

Turner said he got the idea from the Rev. Otis Moss III of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, whose church also ...

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

A resolution was introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives Tuesday, proposing an amendment to the state Constitution that would eliminate an exception to the ...

The House Judiciary Committee is set to entertain passage Wednesday if a bill that would make it a felony to transport an ...

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This may explain why Alabama struggles to honor victims of slavery. There’s no question ... Rick Rehm, R-Dothan and passed by a House committee last week, would do that. But under the bill ...