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‘Stunt and flex’: This student’s new fashion brand wants to make voting cool and hip
Historically, American's have adorned themselves with clothing that sends a signal. This Southern college student wants to make voting a fashion statement.
Learn more about higher education’s racist past with these reads
By Lily Jackson Taking that first college campus tour is a treat. In the South, the tour includes the long walks through shadeless corridors [...]
Pandemic victory gardens remind us that Southern agriculture is a form of resistance
I grew a garden during the pandemic for the first time and learned about the South's history of gardening during strife.
‘No word of support’: The University of Georgia has a history of dodging campus racism. Students say that ends now.
The University of Georgia released a hoard of "diversity initiatives" this week, but students are asking what makes these any different than previous fruitless efforts. "This is not the end."
Alabama fails young people on sexual health, report finds
Abstinence only sex ed, poor access to health care linked to high cervical cancer, sexually transmitted infection rates
Reed Watson of Single Lock Records on The Reckon Interview Live
Reed Watson is the Chairman of the Advocacy Fund for Alabama Musicians, a musician himself, as well as label director and partner at Single Lock [...]
Black with COVID: Episode 1
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to everyday life for everyone in the United States, but it is disproportionately affecting Black Americans. Black Americans [...]
Alabama police officer reunites with his children after recovering from COVID
By Dez Wilson Harry Wills Jr., a Birmingham, Ala., police officer recently shared his story of battling COVID-19 on TikTok. Wills is the father of [...]
Roy Wood Jr. to Jimmy Fallon: ‘I’ve never been more proud to be from Birmingham’
Comedian Roy Wood Jr. joined “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Wednesday to talk about being back in Birmingham and the removal of the Confederate monument from Linn Park.
Mobile, Alabama Protest
Young protesters just off Airport Boulevard in Mobile. They wanted to march down on the main road but MPD Chief Lawrence Battiste threatened to arrest them if they stopped the regular flow of traffic. They stuck to the fringes of a nearby parking lot.
Alabama Power will be returning $100 million in surplus fuel costs to customers — most customers should expect about a $25 credit on their October bill.
The surplus comes from low fuel costs and decreased electricity demand.
Alabama Power to refund $100 million to customers
The company says record low natural gas prices and decreased electricity demand created a $115 million surplus in its fuel budget.
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Are you ready for a brand new season of the Reckon Interview? 📢
We know we are! 👇👇 https://twitter.com/JohnHammontree/status/1290317780420460552
🚨New Season Alert🚨 This fall on the Reckon Interview, @rlnave is joining as a co-host. We're diving into the Southern 2020 cycle, examining the stories and people beyond the polls and partisanship. Listen to the trailer here: https://apple.co/3hVjfqW
Tuberville said this morning that six hundred dollars a week was “way too much.”
“I’d rather pay them to work. Pay people more money to go back to work other than sit at home because we’re going to get used to all this and it’s not going work.”
Tuberville says $600 unemployment boost 'way too much’
The Republican Senate nominee was a guest this morning on WERC radio in Birmingham and talked about the debate in Washington over a new coronavirus re...
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Tennessee's top health official, Dr. Michael Caldwell, roamed the streets of Nashville last weekend handing out masks to partying tourists.
"I'm not frustrated. Every day it's a little more progress. I would get frustrated if I didn't see the progress."
On Lower Broadway, partiers ignore Nashville's mask mandate with impunity
Efforts to gain compliance on COVID-19 safety measures in the city's tourism hub have found little success.
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In Georgia, delivery folks will have have to check the ID of the recipients of alcohol drop-offs.
Do you wish your state would adopt a beer/wine/liquor delivery system?
Gov. Kemp signs bill allowing stores to deliver beer, wine, liquor to Georgians‘ homes
In a nod to the changed environment of retailing during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed legislation allowing stores and some r...
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