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Alabama

Border Crossings Swell as Resources for Migrants Diminish
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Voices from Alabama: Working Through the Aftermath of a Deadly Storm
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Alabama Memorial Confronts America’s Legacy of Lynching
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A man in a football jersey holds a trophy over his head as confetti rains down behind him.
Education
Is Alabama’s football glory helping the university’s international brand?
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama builds about 3,000 engines a day at its plant in Huntsville, powering one third of Toyota vehicles produced in North America.
Economics
How Alabama is becoming the auto capital of the South
Arts, Culture & Media
Muscle Shoals Soul
Arts, Culture & Media
Blind Boys of Alabama
Arts, Culture & Media
William Christenberry
Arts, Culture & Media
About that “Negro dialect”…
This Alabama Sheriff’s New Beachfront Property, Paid for by the Public
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Kids at camp Anytown Alabama do an exercise on what it might mean to be undocumented, including the difficulty getting health coverage.
Education
Learning what it’s like to be undocumented at an Alabama summer camp
Selma Bridge
Justice
Fifty years after Selma’s ‘Bloody Sunday,’ immigrants join fight against racism
Global Politics
Analyzing Alabama’s primary results
Global Politics
Investigation finds lawmakers earmarking millions on projects close to home
Ancient Underwater Forest in the Gulf of Mexico
Justice on the Streets of Birmingham, 1963
Town in Alabama Poses Historic Challenge to Voting Rights Act
Should 911 Calls Be Released to the Public?
Has the Case of Trayvon Martin made Sanford the New Birmingham?
Jefferson County, Alabama Files for Bankruptcy
Alabama Immigration Law Faces Challenge from Department of Justice
Arts, Culture & Media
Civil rights advocate Fred Shuttlesworth dies at 89
Conflict & Justice
200 students miss school after implementation of Alabama immigration law
Alabama Tornado Spikes Homeless Population
Freedom Rides Turn 50
Update from Alabama, After the Storm
Arts, Culture & Media
Thornton Dial Is Not an Outsider Artist
The Best Artist You’ve Never Heard Of
The Living on Earth Almanac
Southern States Water Crisis
Winter insects
Water Insects
Spider Magic
Conflict & Justice
Sen. Sessions spars with Kagan during first day of questioning
Environment
Oil hits Alabama’s coastline
Global Politics
Political primaries in Alabama and New Mexico draw national attention
Arts, Culture & Media
Takeouts: USAID, NFL, civil rights on MLK day