Garybham
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A new study by Wallethub doesn’t have great news for Alabamians seeking healthcare. Researchers looked data from CDC and the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin, among others, to determine which states have best and worst healthcare. Alabama came in 49th, including DC. Only MS &Alaska scored worse
Study: Alabama ranks at near the bottom for healthcare in the U.S.
A new study by the financial website Wallethub doesn’t have great news for Alabamians seeking healthcare.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A new study by Wallethub doesn’t have great news for Alabamians seeking healthcare. Researchers looked data from CDC and the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin, among others, to determine which states have best and worst healthcare. Alabama came in 49th, including DC. Only MS &Alaska scored worse
A picture is worth a thousand words, but in the case of “The Alabama Solution” (in theaters Friday and on HBO Max Oct. 10), the pictures leave you practically speechless, and that’s the point. The new documentary was “made with the cooperation” of a group of incarcerated men inside Alabama prisons.
In ‘The Alabama Solution,’ Amateur Footage Helps Expose Prison Abuses
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
A picture is worth a thousand words, but in the case of “The Alabama Solution” (in theaters Friday and on HBO Max Oct. 10), the pictures leave you practically speechless, and that’s the point. The new documentary was “made with the cooperation” of a group of incarcerated men inside Alabama prisons.
If the Trump administration is able to repeal the endangerment finding, it would not only erase all current limits on greenhouse gas pollution from cars, factories, power plants and other sources. It would prevent future administrations from trying to tackle climate change, with lasting implications
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
If the Trump administration is able to repeal the endangerment finding, it would not only erase all current limits on greenhouse gas pollution from cars, factories, power plants and other sources. It would prevent future administrations from trying to tackle climate change, with lasting implications
WSJ has named Birmingham one of the top cities with the healthiest job markets for entry-level professionals. Birmingham made the list thanks to its competitive cost of living, growing industries, and talent development programs
The Wall Street Journal | The Cities Where College Grads Are Actually Landing Jobs
Birmingham Business Alliance Birmingham Business Alliance Region
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July 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
WSJ has named Birmingham one of the top cities with the healthiest job markets for entry-level professionals. Birmingham made the list thanks to its competitive cost of living, growing industries, and talent development programs
“In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of forests burned around the globe…The area of forest canopy lost to fire during 2023 and 2024 was at least two times greater than the annual average of the previous nearly two decades.”
Climate Change Is Making Fire Weather Worse for World’s Forests
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July 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
“In 2023 and 2024, the hottest years on record, more than 78 million acres of forests burned around the globe…The area of forest canopy lost to fire during 2023 and 2024 was at least two times greater than the annual average of the previous nearly two decades.”
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Quite ironic considering this administration's policy on vaccination
“Yes, atmospheric CO2 has increased over time—but so has life expectancy,” writes Chris Wright. In a guest essay America’s energy secretary invites the world to rethink renewable energy
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Illustration: Dan Williams
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Illustration: Dan Williams
July 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Quite ironic considering this administration's policy on vaccination
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Climate change is real. This hostile regime can pretend it isn’t and cut away funding and the collection and dissemination of info, but the consequences of natural disasters will continue to cause death and destruction that could have been limited.
July 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Climate change is real. This hostile regime can pretend it isn’t and cut away funding and the collection and dissemination of info, but the consequences of natural disasters will continue to cause death and destruction that could have been limited.
Brian Lyman: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill “proposes cutting over $820 million in state funding for Medicaid, which covers about 20% of Alabama’s population, most of them children, the elderly or those with disabilities.
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Britt and Tuberville enter Trump’s fantasy world at Alabama’s expense | Alabama Reflector
Alabama's two U.S. senators have fully embraced Donald Trump's world of fantasy and grievance. That will cost our state dearly.
alabamareflector.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Brian Lyman: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill “proposes cutting over $820 million in state funding for Medicaid, which covers about 20% of Alabama’s population, most of them children, the elderly or those with disabilities.
alabamareflector.com/2025/06/30/b...
alabamareflector.com/2025/06/30/b...
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My column this week. In the wake of University of Alabama graduate student Alireza Douroudi’s legal nightmare — and UA’s apparent indifference to it — I suggest sending this letter to incoming Alabama students.
Welcome to the University of Alabama! Hope some of you have an attorney. | Alabama Reflector
In light of the university's actions after graduate student Alireza Douroudi was seized, here's how UA should welcome future students.
alabamareflector.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My column this week. In the wake of University of Alabama graduate student Alireza Douroudi’s legal nightmare — and UA’s apparent indifference to it — I suggest sending this letter to incoming Alabama students.
Brian Lyman: Letter incoming students at the Univ. of Alabama
…For parents
Perhaps you’re worried about …if they’ll be shipped without warning to an out-of-state prison. These are normal concerns for any new Alabama student. False imprisonment is one of the many experiences we offer our students.
…For parents
Perhaps you’re worried about …if they’ll be shipped without warning to an out-of-state prison. These are normal concerns for any new Alabama student. False imprisonment is one of the many experiences we offer our students.
Welcome to the University of Alabama! Hope some of you have an attorney. | Alabama Reflector
In light of the university's actions after graduate student Alireza Douroudi was seized, here's how UA should welcome future students.
alabamareflector.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Brian Lyman: Letter incoming students at the Univ. of Alabama
…For parents
Perhaps you’re worried about …if they’ll be shipped without warning to an out-of-state prison. These are normal concerns for any new Alabama student. False imprisonment is one of the many experiences we offer our students.
…For parents
Perhaps you’re worried about …if they’ll be shipped without warning to an out-of-state prison. These are normal concerns for any new Alabama student. False imprisonment is one of the many experiences we offer our students.
As you listen to this close your eyes and imagine your listening to Andrew Jackson being asked about the Native Americans being moved off their land. He would have said exactly the same thing.
February 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
As you listen to this close your eyes and imagine your listening to Andrew Jackson being asked about the Native Americans being moved off their land. He would have said exactly the same thing.
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My column this week. There's a bill in the Alabama Senate that would make it a crime to conceal, harbor or shield “from detection an illegal alien if he or she knows or reasonably should have known that the other individual is an illegal alien.” It's language that evokes the worst of our history.
The mask comes off Alabama's immigration bills • Alabama Reflector
A bill included in the Alabama Legislature's immigration package evokes the worst parts of the nation's past.
alabamareflector.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My column this week. There's a bill in the Alabama Senate that would make it a crime to conceal, harbor or shield “from detection an illegal alien if he or she knows or reasonably should have known that the other individual is an illegal alien.” It's language that evokes the worst of our history.
The chilling consequences of going along with Trump
Opinion | To Obey Trump or Not to Obey
The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The chilling consequences of going along with Trump
The planet as a whole had its warmest January on record, scientists said on Thursday.
January Was Hottest January on Record, Scientists Report
Earth’s prolonged streak of abnormal heat continued into 2025 despite the arrival of La Niña ocean conditions, which typically bring cooler temperatures.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The planet as a whole had its warmest January on record, scientists said on Thursday.
Kyle Whitmire: Welcome to the United States of Alabama
Welcome to the United States of Alabama
Guardrails? Safeguards? The law doesn't apply to the powerful today, and they know it. Here's where that leads next.
www.al.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Kyle Whitmire: Welcome to the United States of Alabama
The Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform (ACCR) is proud to support the new report by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA):
The Alabama Constitution's Impact on Taxes and Spending
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The Alabama Constitution's Impact on Taxes and Spending
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February 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform (ACCR) is proud to support the new report by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA):
The Alabama Constitution's Impact on Taxes and Spending
parcalabama.org/wp-content/u...
The Alabama Constitution's Impact on Taxes and Spending
parcalabama.org/wp-content/u...
January 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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The clown show has already started. www.alreporter.com/2024/11/22/o...
Opinion | America has trouble coming
A government operated by the worst, most incompetent people results in the worst, most incompetent government. Just ask Alabama.
www.alreporter.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:02 PM
The clown show has already started. www.alreporter.com/2024/11/22/o...