Union Springs, a small city in the Alabama Black Belt, is best known as the “Bird Dog Field Trial Capital of the World” for its large hunting dog competitions held near former cotton fields.

The Alabama Legislature must approve a new congressional map by Friday, the deadline set by a federal court to submit new federal maps. The state has had a single majority-minority congressional ...

That leaves us the Alabama Democratic Party. Which is a shaky vessel for political opposition. The party has almost no presence outside the major cities and the Black Belt, and its leadership ...

The Black Belt National Heritage Area Act was introduced into the House on May 13, 2021, by Democratic Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell, who represents numerous Black Belt counties.

Two factions of the Alabama Democratic Party faced off in an intense, nine-hour hearing held Friday by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in Washington, D.C. One faction, led by Minority ...

The Black Belt, a Democratic bastion, continues to shrink. Voting in 2022 was a lot harder than voting in 2020, when Republican state officials took a brave step into 2006 and briefly gave us what ...

Alabama’s white Republican leaders have denounced the court’s push to add a second Black district to the seven-member delegation in the state that is about 27% Black.

According to unofficial results, Biden swept every Alabama county, most by considerable margins. With 87% of votes in at 11:45 p.m., Biden had a strong 63% lead across the state.

The Alabama Democratic Party can’t afford to write off 2026 ... D-Thomasville, a 30-year veteran of the House, barely squeaked past a Republican opponent in his Black Belt district.