Letter to the Editor: By Peggy Wallace Kennedy – When you spend you entire life in the world of politics, sometimes the longest walk home is from your mailbox to the kitchen table. Monday, October 29th, was one of those…
Letters to the Editor
Mobile BayFest Cleaned Up by Prison Labor With No Safety Equipment
Dear Editor: by David Underhill MOBILE, Ala. — When BayFest relinquished the downtown streets, I could reach the main post office again. But I paused at the entrance to study the scene in the vacant block across the street. Workers…
Freedom of the Press is Not Free
Guest Column by Cliff Griggs ARAB, Ala. — It is summer time in Alabama and this is the time of year when we celebrate Freedom in America in July and honor American Labor in early September. “We the People” takes…
Union Boss: Just the Working Guy Down the Street
Letter to the Editor One Saturday morning, a man got up early, quietly put on some work clothes and left his home to join with others on a mission. They met with one purpose in mind, to help a community…
Republican Teacher Speaks Out Against Tenure Destruction Bill
Editor’s Note: The new conservative Republican majority in the Alabama Legislature seems intent on destroying teacher tenure in a bill supported by the corporate press in the state. This is how one Republican teacher feels about that. Letter to the…
Hazardous Waste Listing for Coal Ash Essential
Letter to the Editor Eva Dillard, staff attorney Black Warrior Riverkeeper The stated position of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, the Alabama Department of Transportation and the Alabama Public Service Commission that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should not…
‘Black Liquor’ Intoxicating for Paper Plants?
Letter to the Editor: The report, Paper industry pushed further into the black by ‘black liquor’ tax credits, about bio-fuel tax credits deserves a swift response on behalf of the 95,000 domestic paper industry workers employed in 44 states we…