Kent Back, City Councilmember District 4 has been appointed to serve on the National League of Cities’ Finance, Administration & Intergovernmental Relations (FAIR) Committee. Councilman Back was elected to a…
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This is a story of a little boy named Theo, who woke up one morning and asked his Mother, “What if there were no Black people in the world?” Well,…
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Willing to do just about anything I’m addicted, can’t you sense I need it like my body needs air Stand in between it if you dare Satisfied with nothing less…
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Hello fellow veterans, In light of the present situations…let me have imminency, imminency, imminency. Because we do not know the timing of the Rapture, in fact, it could take place…
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Is It Safe for Me to Exercise? Are you worried that working out could cause more knee damage or pain? As long as your doctor says it’s OK, the best thing…
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At RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program) in Etowah and Cherokee County, people 55 and over are busy reaching others through 60 nonprofit organizations or schools, but probably our most…
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As I watched President Biden’s powerful and heartfelt Inauguration Address, I couldn’t help but painfully remember Trump’s “American Carnage” speech given at that same podium four years ago. Like many Americans still…
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An Update from SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang Last week’s events at the Capitol were horrific. Never before have we seen the Confederate flag flying in our nation’s Capitol,…
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By Mark S. Money, Gadsden Alabama What happened on 01/06/21 was totally predictable. It was obvious to any conscious, aware individual in 2016 that Donald Trump had authoritarian impulses, was…
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Condemns Insurrection, Demands Protection and Expansion of Voting Rights By Alabama Arise Executive Director Robyn Hyden “The assault on the U.S. Capitol this week was a violent and racist attack…
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