“Hell on Earth.” According to Imam Yusuf Maisonet, that’s the nickname that’s widely used to describe the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in southwest Alabama, which houses the state’s death chamber. It was the last place on earth inhabited by Nathaniel “Nate” Woods, an incarcerated Black Muslim
Voting rights advocates in Alabama achieved a major victory this week, with absentee ballot applications updated for the first time to indicate that people currently incarcerated who retain the right to vote can request an absentee ballot. The fight to allow absentee voting in Alabama is just one part of
Politicians and pundits—from both parties—would have you believe that the spate of laws criminalizing abortion in Alabama, Georgia, and other states is about reproduction. But as essential as it is for women to have agency over their own bodies, this onslaught is about democracy. Here’s how I
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