Alabama has made the right decision by sharply curtailing the categories of crime that disqualify voting rights. Roy Moore has aptly illustrated the reality that the highly subjective so-called “moral turpitude” is in fact a vestige of segregationism. Roy Moore’s attempt to denigrate the Jones campaign for registering legal voters, is reprehensible and yet another act of contempt – by the hanging judge.
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California is suing the Trump administration over its withdrawal of $1 billion in high-speed rail funding for a project the state hopes will eventually link Los Angeles with San Francisco.
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A freelance journalist will get back phones, cameras and computers that San Francisco police took in a raid. But larger concerns over freedom of the press aren’t resolved. https://t.co/aUsWefVrkC
States and municipalities are asking a federal judge to rule on the constitutionality of a new rule that lets health care workers decline to provide abortions and other services that conflict with their beliefs. https://t.co/Ssa1HFM9bF
UPDATE: Authorities say tornado hits a drive-through wild animal park in central Missouri, no reports that people or animals were injured. https://t.co/ue0PVb5oAV
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The best part of packing for a trip is when you procrastinate by reading a thing about packing. https://t.co/9jnMJodUP6
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Richard Phillips, 73, was exonerated in 2018, becoming the longest-serving U.S. inmate to be cleared.
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More employees are accusing McDonald’s of gender-based discrimination, sexual harassment in the workplace and retaliation for speaking up https://t.co/8QOPwQEbFZ
Opinion: Trump paved the way for Alabama’s abortion law https://t.co/sA6RHWQQAI
Alabama public television refuses to air episode of <i>Arthur</i> featuring a gay wedding
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As physicists work to understand the material content of the universe—particles, dark matter, the big bang—their work is shadowed by metaphysical questions about the very nature of reality. https://t.co/3ihFiUwj73
Decommissioning a nuclear power reactor typically can take up to 60 years to let radioactive elements slowly decay. But some companies are vowing to shutter retired nukes in far less time, prompting safety and financial questions. https://t.co/2zBpALyMBv
The four young ladies who have died as a result of what ultimately was an act of domestic terrorism are: Christine Collier, Nichole Ford, Tanisha Hill, and Krystal McCrary.
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