Commentary
Stay Woke Series: This is “Good Tea”
Don’t Trust the Poll Numbers By Sandra F. Beckard Huntsville, AL – “If I Had Not Opened My Mouth Then I Wouldn’t Have Gotten Caught” This statement is on a sign in a small restaurant […]
Politics
Headline News
Madison County clerk’s office won’t be open for in-person absentee voting until 12 days after voting starts
Alabama Reporter With only one day left until absentee voting begins in Alabama, the Madison County circuit clerk’s office said in an answering machine message that the office won’t be staffed for receiving hand delivery […]
Headline News
No Excuses To Vote Huntsville!
Absentee Ballots andthe US Postal Service By Sandra F. Beckard, Speakin’ Out News staff writer Huntsville, AL – Having always voted in-person in every election, (National, State and Local), this year of COVID-19 gave me […]
Headline News
GENERAL ELECTION IN BATTLEGROUNDS, ABSENTEE BALLOT REJECTIONS COULD TRIPLE
Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Thousands of absentee ballots get rejected in every presidential election. This year, that problem could be much worse and potentially pivotal in hotly contested battleground states. With the coronavirus creating […]
Headline News
Exclusive Interview with Madison County Probate Judge Frank Barger – – HISTORIC GENERAL ELECTION: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Story and photo by Phyllis Jones, Speakin’ Out News Senior Staff Writer Pandemic. Mandatory masks. Social distancing. Economic challenges. Social injustices at an all-time high. All of these factors are enough to make ones stress […]
Headline News
“FOLK, WE JUST GOT TO VOTE”: ” The lack of voter turnout in Northwest & Northeast Huntsville shows why its citizens see no improvements.”
By Guest Columnist, Calvin Miller, II, Grand Worthy Patron In the August 26, 2020 edition of Speakin’ Out News, Sandra Beckard penned a beautiful column titled: Stay Woke: This is “Good Tea”, concerning Racism and […]
Opinion
HOW TRUMP PLANS TO WIN AND IT’S SCARY
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is the author Why Black lives Do Matter, (Middle Passage Press) He is an associate editor of New America Media. He is a weekly co-host of the […]
City News
CHRIS BAKER FOR HUNTSVILLE CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT 1
OPEN LETTER TO THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 1. Paid for by friends of Chris Baker | P.O. Box 3203 | Huntsville, Alabama 35810 Dear District 1,Many of you know of me and my family, lifelong […]
Politics
Black Caucus works to end racism in Alabama
by Kirsten J. Barnes, Communications Director, Office of Senate Minority Caucus In June 2020, members of the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus (ALBC) met with Governor Kay Ivey to express concern over a number of issues […]
Politics
Coalition of Civil Rights Leaders Sup- port CBC in Protecting Black Health
by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Newswire Senior Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C., May 3, 2020 – National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., National Action Network (NAN) Founder […]