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Florence City Council Votes to Suppress the Truth About Their Confederate Statue
By: Kevin M. Levin Published: Jan. 21, 2026 The issue at hand for the Florence (Alabama) City Council this week was not whether their Confederate statue would be removed. That question had essentially been settled by the state when it passed the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act of 2017 , which which restricts removal or relocation of monuments older than 40 years without state approval and imposes penalties for unauthorized alteration. Rather, the question for the city coun
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Florence debates historical marker to add context to Confederate monument
Author: Valentina Chelala, FOX54 News Published: 8:46 AM CST January 19, 2026 Updated: 6:23 AM CST January 20, 2026 FLORENCE, Ala. — Florence City Council will debate placing a historical marker in front of the Lauderdale County Courthouse to provide context about the Confederate monument there during Tuesday night's meeting. The resolution would authorize city officials to have the marker manufactured, installed, and funded. Under Alabama law, the monument is considered his
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Florence City Council to vote on plaque to be placed in front of Confederate monument
By WAFF 48 Digital Staff and Aria Pons Published: Jan. 18, 2026 at 4:26 PM CST | Updated: Jan. 18, 2026 at 5:48 PM CST FLORENCE, Ala. ( WAFF ) - The Florence City Council will debate and vote on a plaque that may be placed in front of the controversial Confederate Soldiers Monument this week . The monument has stood outside three different Lauderdale County Courthouses since 1903. And outside the current Lauderdale County Courthouse since 1965 and has been targeted by demonst
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Fighting for Change in a Child Care Desert (with Camille Bennett)
Listen to full podcast here: https://omny.fm/shows/no-one-is-coming-to-save-us/fighting-for-change-in-a-child-care-desert-with-ca?t=0s Transcript SPEAKERS Gloria Riviera, Camille Bennett. Gloria Riviera 01:26 Good morning. I am driving home from the grocery store. Does anyone else feel like they are always at the grocery store? I’m always at the grocery store. If there is ever like God forbid a missing persons out for me, I mean head straight to the Safeway. You will probab
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What We Lose When We Win: Exhaustion and the Fight Against Racist Repression
By: Camille Bennet Published June 21, 2022 ’m exhausted. It’s the same exhaustion I feel every year around this time. Until it’s over, my mind betrays my body into thinking that I don’t need to rest. As soon as the legislative session ends, tiredness creeps into my bones. But I’m not just tired in my body; my heart is also exhausted. My story is not unique. I am an organizer who works countless hours, day and night, to fight for my community in Alabama. The level of exhaustio
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