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Some ideas are too conservative for many Alabama legislators.

May 3, 2021
by Parker Snider EditorialsEducation Freedom

Just last week, the Montana legislature voted to expand their tax-credit scholarship program, a school choice program.Also last week, the Florida legislature sent Governor DeSantis a bill that expands their school choice program that targets low-inco ...

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Bake the Cake, or Else: Birmingham’s Criminalization of Christianity

April 29, 2021
by Matt Clark Editorials

Four centuries ago, the pilgrims left the only homes they had ever known, braving the journey across the Atlantic and establishing a colony in the new and unknown world. This venture would cost many of them their lives, but it was a price they were w ...

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We need to stop playing favorites with public school students.

April 22, 2021
by Parker Snider EditorialsEducation Freedom

We are playing favorites with the students in our public schools.Students who are by all accounts very similar–they are in the same grade, have similar backgrounds, and are enrolled in the same school district–are funded differently based not on thei ...

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Rewarding Bad Actors: Why Alabama Should Not Cave to the Gambling Lobby

April 8, 2021
by Matt Clark Editorials

It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. When it comes to casino gaming Alabama is reaching new heights of this type of insanity. Governor Ivey has stated most recentl ...

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President Trump sent Alabama a message on school choice. Has the legislature gotten it?

April 6, 2021
by Parker Snider EditorialsEducation Freedom

In February of 2020, Janiyah Davis, a fourth-grader from Philadelphia, walked through the doors of the US Capitol Building and into the House Gallery. Along with her mother, they sat down on the second row. "No parent should be forced to send thei ...

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How Christ’s Resurrection Makes Politics Better

March 31, 2021
by Parker Snider Editorials

“He is not here; He has risen!”These are perhaps the most consequential words ever spoken. A man who three days earlier had been violently beaten, hung upon a cross, and buried lifeless in a tomb, is alive again!The reality behind these words—a risen ...

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Alabama’s Doxing Bill: A Good Idea, But Needs Some Refining

March 30, 2021
by Matt Clark EditorialsRegulation

Speaking up on public issues can be dangerous. There is always going to be some level of criticism when you address a controversial topic. But recently, our civil discourse has deteriorated so badly that speaking up on public issues draws not only c ...

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Halfway through the legislative session, what have lawmakers done for the people?

March 25, 2021
by Justin Bogie EditorialsFiscal Policy

Last Thursday marked the 16th workday of the 2021 Regular Legislative Session. With lawmakers over halfway through the regular session, they are pausing this week for Spring Break.Thus far, the legislature’s focus has been on raising revenues and exp ...

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Nonviolent protest is essential to a free society. We must not discourage it.

March 25, 2021
by Bishop Jim Lowe Editorials

In 1963, a bomb ripped through the basement of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, killing four girls. I was just 11 years old, and I knew each of these girls. We were members of the church and that day, like every Sunday, I was in Sunday S ...

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Alabama governor and voters have little input into public health system

March 8, 2021
by Parker Snider EditorialsHealthcareRegulation

Alabama legislators are taking a look at how their branch has set up our state’s public health system. Currently, Alabama is the only state in the nation where the top health organization is not led by someone appointed by the governor or by a boa ...

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