This Tuesday, API Professorial Fellow Adam MacLeod joined the Jeff Poor Show. In the 15-minute segment, Poor and MacLeod discuss the vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court and Trump's nomination of Judge Amy Coney Ba ...
Critics say Trump has no coronavirus plan. Actually, he does–it’s called federalism.
Near the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, critics of President Donald Trump’s response to the novel virus claimed that he didn’t have a plan. They’ve derided him for not having a “national response" and have called for a nationwide lockdown and mask order. ...
Points of Policy: The Supreme Court Vacancy with Adam MacLeod, Professorial Fellow
In this Points of Policy edition of the 1819 Podcast, API Director of Policy Strategy and General Counsel Phil Williams and Professorial Fellow Adam MacLeod discuss the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ru ...
Alabama Has $1.4 Billion in Unspent CARES Act Funding. It Should Go to Help You.
$ 0 Alabama's Unspent CARES Act Funds as of September 22nd, 2020 What would you do if you woke up tomorrow with millions of extra dollars in your bank account? At some point, most Alabamians have probably daydreamed of such a scenario. Perhaps you would ...
Points of Policy: Commissioner Jeff Dunn and the New Prison Plan
In this episode of the 1819 Podcast, API Director of Policy Strategy and General Counsel Phil Williams sits down with Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn to discuss the new prison plan and the three proposed locations for new construc ...
Chick-fil-A and the Right to Seek Truth
Photo Credit: Mark Turnauckas / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Chick-fil-A makes delicious sandwiches without beef. But not on Sundays. Owned by Christians, the company also gives away millions of dollars each year to ch ...
Options in Education Foster Increased Opportunities for Students
I grew up in poverty. I know what it’s like to be without electricity and to move because the rent is past-due. I’ve lived the struggles, the poverty that limited opportunity brings. I was one of the students you hear about on TV who receive a free or re ...
9/18/2020 Podcast: The 2020 Census, Alabama, and Redistricting
In this episode of the 1819 podcast, Josh, Justin, and Parker discuss Alabama's dead last status in responding to the 2020 Census, why the census is so important to Alabama, and the redistricting process. It's time to get counted, Alabama. Listen below o ...
Anchored in Alabama: Stories of Hope – Week 20
As API enters the twentieth week publishing Anchored in Alabama, our team continues to be encouraged by the stories we hear from you and from local media. It is clear that our faith communities and businesses are stepping up to today's challenge ...
Redistricting and Alabama’s Room Where it Happens
No one really knows how the game is played The art of the trade How the sausage gets made We just assume that it happens But no one else is in The room where it happens This description of 1790s American politics in the well-known musical Hamilton&n ...