| Oct 13, 2021 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyHere are two terms you don’t expect to see together: “The state of Alabama” and “progressive leader.” (Okay, I’m a Texan, so I have no standing to point at the rank regressiveness of any other state government… but still, Alabama?) And yet the Camellia State has...
| Apr 21, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFollowing one of the most high-profile union votes in history, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama ultimately rejected efforts to form a union. But for labor advocates, this fight is far from over. “The Amazon workers who voted for a union in Bessemer...
| Feb 24, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyActor and activist Danny Glover traveled recently to the most-watched Amazon facility in the country — the Bessemer fulfillment center outside Birmingham, Alabama. The warehouse’s more than 5,800 predominantly Black workers are in the middle of a historic vote on...
| Mar 11, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBirmingham, Alabama is a landmark city for the American civil rights movement. Even today, it’s ground zero for a vital fight over voting rights. I visited Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham recently to deliver inmates a simple message: you are free to vote, even if...
| Aug 13, 2019 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyLast week, I dropped my kids off for their first day of school in our small Alabama town of not even 7,000 people. The kids were excited, but I was a nervous wreck. My kids — ages 8 and 11 — are my heart and joy. Would they have everything they need? Like every dad,...
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