April 2018 – Page 2

Study Shows Artificial Sweeteners Linked to Obesity and Diabetes

April 25, 2018 sonadmin 0

A new study indicates that artificial sweeteners are linked to obesity and diabetes, asserting they contain chemicals that change how the body processes fat and uses energy. USA Today reports the study from the Medical […]

MAYOR’S COLUMN: Huntsville Ranks #7 in Best Places to Live in U.S.

April 25, 2018 sonadmin 0

We knew it all along, yet it’s validating when others recognize us nationally for the good things Huntsville has to offer. U.S. News and World Report ranked Huntsville #7 among its top 25 Best Places […]

Alabama Woman Arrested In A Waffle House Over Plastic Utensils

April 25, 2018 sonadmin 0

An Alabama woman was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed inside a Waffle House over plastic utensils. Chikesia Clemons, 25, and her friend Canita Adams placed an order at a Waffle House in Mobile, Alabama […]

BLACK HISTORY: Commitment to Continuing MLK’s Unfinished Work Remains 50 Years Later

April 22, 2018 sonadmin 0

Tyrone Brooks was 22 years old and 400 miles away, seeking clues to an unsolved lynching as old as he was, when he got the news that Martin Luther King Jr. was dead. Stunned, Brooks […]

SEN. RICHARD SHELBY: Senate Passes Funding Bill That Benefits Alabama

April 22, 2018 sonadmin 0

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), today voted to pass legislation that would finalize the Fiscal Year 2018 appropriations […]

SENATOR HANK SANDERS – – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Fifty Years After His Assassination

April 22, 2018 sonadmin 0

I remember the day like it was yesterday. I was walking across the Harvard Law School Yard. It was dust dark. A fellow Harvard Law School classmate was walking in the opposite direction. He just […]

Selma schools released from state control

April 22, 2018 sonadmin 0

SELMA, Ala. (AP) – The Selma Board of Education is regaining control of the city’s schools after almost four years of state control. The state board voted Thursday to release the city system from state […]

Medicaid To Require ‘Able-Bodied’ Recipients To Work

April 22, 2018 sonadmin 0

The Trump administration is encouraging states to require “able-bodied” Medicaid recipients to work or volunteer in order to keep their health insurance coverage. On Thursday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which is part […]

Hopefully, we’re all clear now: do not use the word, ever

April 22, 2018 sonadmin 0

What in the name of Bull Connor is going on? Within the last few days, three women–let’s be real here; three white women–publicly spewed the vilest, most hateful racial epithet in our dictionary, and they suffered for […]

Stop Waiting for Republicans to Dump Trump. They Won’t.

April 22, 2018 sonadmin 0

After every Trump outrage, we go through a similar routine. Trump says or does something that most sane people believe to be over the top; he is roundly condemned; some Republicans shake their heads; masses […]