March 2022 – Page 9

COVID shrinks areas of brain linked to sense of smell, study finds

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By Joseph Ostapiuk COVID-19 infection was associated with tissue damage and shrinkage in brain areas related to smell, a large new study found. The research, published Monday in the journal Nature and led by University […]

House to consider record Alabama education budget, teacher raises

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By Trisha Powell Crain Alabama lawmakers have proposed a record $8.1 billion investment in education, with the House committee sending the budget package to the floor of the House. A vote is expected Tuesday. The budget proposal […]

Guest opinion: We need hair justice

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By Monica Edwards | Federal Policy manager at URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity “Despite the great strides in American society and the laws made to reverse the racist ideology that Black traits are […]

‘This is unacceptable’: EPA chief visits failing sewage systems in Alabama Black Belt

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By Dennis Pillion, The Associated Press On the eve of the Selma Jubilee, commemorating the “Bloody Sunday” march that helped catalyze support for the Voting Rights Act 57 years ago, the head of the U.S. Environmental […]

Alabama’s Black girls now see in Supreme Court nominee highest levels themselves

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By Roy S. Johnson This is an opinion column.Shanta Owens was at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Airport Friday morning, corralling her family for a weekend trip to visit friends in Texas. A district judge in the criminal division […]

TOURNEY FINALS RECAPS SIAC MEN: SAVANNAH STATE 76, BENEDICT 62

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SIAC MEN Savannah State 76, Benedict 62ROCK HILL, S.C. – Savannah State came into last week’s Men’s SIAC Basketball Tournament as a third seed with a less than .500 mark in conference play (8-9), but […]

FCS PARTNERS WITH LEADING FOOD DISTRIBUTOR

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GFS New Kid on the Block The Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) at Alabama A&M University has joined forces with Gordon Food Service. Over 125 years old, Gordon Food Service is a leading […]

What’s Really Behind the Continued Silly Attacks on Critical Race Theory

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson They’re at it again. It is the continuing shrill attack by the GOP and the right-wing echo chamber on the strawman issue of critical race theory. This time the assault came from […]

Guest opinion: Everything Bloody Sunday marchers sacrificed for is under attack and we must fight back

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By Sheila Tyson | Member Jefferson County Commission District 2 When I was 12 years old, I raced my mother on my bike, not to the park or to school, but to the next door […]

Roy S. Johnson: As we pray for Ukraine and its fleeing residents, pray that ‘whites only’ ends there too

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By Roy S. Johnson I’m praying for Ukraine, especially during this season of faith. Praying for its citizens as they dodge the abhorrent, deadly attacks from Russian troops. As they scurry from their homes. As they […]