Chants of “No Justice, No Peace” rang out in downtown Selma Sunday, as marchers refused to let the stormy weather impact the annual Jubilee Bridge Crossing festivities. Thousands took part in this year’s Bridge Crossing Re-Enactment, painting a picture of what it like on Bloody Sunday in 1965. “My great-grandmother marched with Dr. King in 1965, across the Edmund Pettus…
The former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator, and First Lady will be in Selma for the bridge crossing jubilee. She will participate in jubilee activities, but more importantly she will be there to voice her support for the Lift Our Vote 2020 initiative. The initiative is aimed at having every American that can vote to be registered and at the…
The first presidential debate has a lot of voters talking, but it might not be the publicity candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump want. Both brought up past discrepancies, including Clinton’s email scandal and her husband’s infidelity. Clinton reminded voters of Trump’s controversial financial history and his comments on women that many voters consider derogatory. Both sides are claiming victory, but the voters…
After months of tangling from afar, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are preparing to confront each other face-to-face in the first presidential debate, laying out for voters their vastly different visions for the nation’s future. The high-stakes Monday night showdown is the first of three presidential debates. It comes as both candidates are viewed negatively by large numbers of Americans,…
Hillary Clinton says in a text message to supporters that she’s picked Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine to join her on the Democratic ticket as their party’s nominee for vice president. In the message, Clinton says: “I’m thrilled to tell you this first: I’ve chosen Sen. Tim Kaine as my running mate.” Kaine is expected to join Clinton at a rally…
The White House is predicting the government’s budget deficit for the soon-to-close fiscal year will hit $600 billion. That’s an increase of $162 billion over last year’s tally and a reversal of a steady trend of large but improving deficits on President Barack Obama’s watch. The disappointing figures, while expected, come after the deficit has steadily declined since the huge…
Hillary Clinton has commitments from the number of delegates needed to become the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president, and will be first woman to top the ticket of a major U.S. political party. An Associated Press count of pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses and a survey of party insiders known as super delegates shows Clinton with the…
As the race for the White House draws closer to the national conventions this summer, the number of political endorsements are increasing. Recently, Governor Robert Bentley endorsed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. But do these political endorsements have as much impact on voters as they did in years past? The rise of Trump to his party’s nomination flew…
Former President Bill Clinton is coming to Montgomery this weekend to campaign for wife Hillary Clinton ahead of Tuesday presidential primary. On Saturday, February 27, President Clinton will hold a public event to get out the vote for Hillary Clinton in Montgomery, Alabama. President Clinton will speak on the campus of Alabama State University at 4:45 PM CST. Doors open at 3:45 PM…
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is planning a weekend campaign stop in Alabama ahead of the state’s Super Tuesday primary next week. The Clinton campaign said in a statement that she’ll hold a get-out-the vote event Saturday in Birmingham. Her campaign officials say more details about the visit will be released later. Campaign officials say Clinton plans on discussing income…
