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Alabama Judge Loses Job After Saying George Floyd ‘Got What He Deserved’
Former Talladega County Probate Judge Randy Jinks was removed by a unanimous decision.
Alabama Wants to Spend $400 Million in COVID Relief Money to Build Prisons
Just last month, Alabama hospitals were on the brink of collapsing under the weight of the Delta variant’s rampage through the South.
Man Dies After Being Turned Away by 43 ICUs Slammed with COVID Patients
“He would not want any other family to go through what his did.”
White City Councilman Yells the N-Word in the Middle of a Meeting
The Alabama councilman has refused calls to step down after his outburst, which left one of his Black colleagues in tears.
Inside Amazon Workers’ Fight to Unionize in Alabama
VICE News takes you to the final week of the most-watched union drive in recent history.
World’s Most Powerful Tech Companies Celebrate Bessemer Union Loss
A coalition including Amazon, Google, Facebook, Instacart, and DoorDash is using the defeat of the union drive to make their case for a future without unions.
The NLRB Is Finally Counting Votes for the Amazon Union Drive
Thousands of votes are being hand counted, in one of the most widely-watched union elections in recent U.S. history.
Trump Just Endorsed ‘Stop the Steal’ Henchman Mo Brooks for Senate
Alabama’s Brooks was the first and loudest supporter of Trump’s attempts to overturn the result of the 2020 election.
Activists Stole a Confederate Memorial and Are Threatening to Turn It Into a Toilet
A group calling itself White Lies Matter has taken responsibility, and has made some demands.
Amazon Denies Workers Pee in Bottles. Here Are the Pee Bottles.
"You don't really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?" Amazon tweeted. Drivers say they're being gaslit.
Amazon Illegally Interrogated Worker Who Led First COVID-19 Strikes, NLRB Says
The state of New York is also suing Amazon for alleged health and safety violations at the same Queens warehouse where workers led the first COVID-19-related walkouts.