The pandemic highlighted flaws in the child-care system. This Alabama advocate offers solutions. More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 1.4 million U.S. mothers of school-age children remain jobless after dropping out of the workforce during the pandemic’s early days, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Working parents have cited a lack of [...]
For Black Americans, eating greens is becoming about a lot more than massive pots of collards, mustards and turnips. While the pandemic has disproportionately affected Black and brown communities, some have found restitution by incorporating more fruits and vegetables into their diets and, in some cases, switching to plant-based diets. [...]
Reckon Radio's “Unjustifiable” podcast series has won one of the nation's top journalism prizes. The 2021 national Edward R. Murrow Award for best podcast by a small digital news organization, awarded by the Radio Television Digital News Association, was announced Tuesday. "Unjustifiable," co-hosted by Pulitzer-prize winning columnist John Archibald and [...]
Workers at Amazon’s Bessemer warehouse could get the greenlight to hold a second union vote in the coming weeks, setting up another showdown between one of the world’s most valuable companies and its embattled employees. In early August, the Atlanta regional office for the National Labor Relations Board said Amazon [...]
Kelley O’Hara, 32, is heading into her third Olympic Games as a seasoned star of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she played every minute of every game, and USA took home the gold. After an upset at the 2016 Games, the U.S. [...]
John Boyd, a fourth-generation farmer from Virginia, bought his first farm at age 18 and quickly lost it after falling behind on mortgage payments and the federal government denied him several loans he needed to catch up. “It’s tough for all farmers, but when you throw in discrimination and racism [...]
A little under a year ago, near the remnants of an 18th century colonial fort and not far from where ships exported cotton that funded the Confederates in the Civil War, a line of Mobile police officers came face to face with Black Lives Matter activists. Among the protestors was [...]
At an installation that’s recently toured the country, each plaster bust has a story. The creation of Chattanooga-based artist Ali Waller, the “/200” project features 940 busts of women, including Waller herself, who are sexual assault survivors sharing their story through sculpture. The 22-year-old artist started working with plaster in 2020 after seeing the “Filthy Rich” documentary series, which explained how Jeffrey [...]
Many American schools usually keep their Black History curriculum on the Civil Rights Movement narrowed to just a handful of people. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks — of course — John Lewis and his heroic act on Bloody Sunday and maybe a brief mention of Malcolm X. Most students never learn about Fred Hampton, whose story is the subject of the recently [...]
