The Greene County Democrat - May 13, 2026

What to know about Trump-Xi summit with trade, Taiwan and Iran on the agenda

by E Eduardo Castillo and Huizhong Wu, AP News

BEIJING (AP) As Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump prepare for a highly anticipated summit, both China and the United States say their ties have been broadly stable in recent months and they are planning on keeping it that way

But many issues are at stake in one of the world’s most consequential relationships with no easy end in sight

See Trump-XI Summit, p 6

Cory Booker Unveils ‘Keep Your Pay Act’ To Make First $75K of Income Tax-Free

by Shannon Dawson, NewsOne

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has announced a new tax proposal called the Keep Your Pay Act, which he introduced in the Senate on March 9 If passed the bill would be a game changer for Americans helping citizens to keep their hard earned cash in their pockets come tax season

The Keep Your Pay Act argues for no federal income tax for the first $75 000 in income

See Cory Booker, p 6 Supreme Court lets Alabama speed adoption of congressional map eliminating a majority-Black district by

Lawrence Hurley, NBC News

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court on Monday removed an obstacle to Alabama’s using a new congressional map in this year s election that would eliminate one of the state s two majority-Black districts The court, over the objection of its liberal members, sent litigation over the Republican-drawn map back to the lower court which could speed up the state’s effort to use its map

See Congressional Map, p 6

Why the internet is still obsessed with Octavia E Butler, years after her death by

Samantha Brown, NBC News

For pioneering science fiction novelist Octavia E Butler writing was more than a profession It was a form of survival, resistance and reflection In Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E Butler,” author and college professor Susana M Morris shares the quiet yet radical story of Butler ’s life revealing how the worlds she imagined were shaped by the one that often shut her out

See Octavia E. Butler, p. 8

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 - GO VOTE

Greene County

GCEMS shar es their stor

It is no secret that the Greene County Emergency Services (GCEMS) has been left destitute by the poor financial decisions of its previous administration The IRS alone requests $10,000 per month for delinquent taxes During the most recent EMS board meeting, current Operations Manager Brady Greene highlighted the importance of municipal intervention to prevent a state takeover of the services Failure to rectify the past could ultimately result in the services becoming a state-centered institution instead of a communityoriented nonprofit

As of now the GCEMS can set its own standards of care and take into account the unique needs of the county’s citizens “Anything we make goes back to the community Greene stated during his presentation The current staff understands the population they serve allowing them to host events that offer critical, life-saving education A state takeover would prioritize operational costs and supersede any decisions of the local government The state would hire without peer review and be given enhanced immunity The citizens and local governments would have no bearing on the quality of

The Greene County Commission met on Monday, May 11th, for its regular session During the meeting, commissioners discussed plans for continuing to support the Greene County EMS (GCEMS) payroll and engineering plans for a splash pad at The Old Carver School Site All commissioners were present for the session

During commissioner reports Commissioner Smith of District 2 reported that everything is running well Commissioner Summerville of District 5 thanked the highway department for their efforts and yielded the floor to hospital CEO Roderick Williams Williams updated attendees on the progress of the hospital s community garden and drug detox program

Williams stated that the hospital was able to hand out fresh produce to residents, and the detox program aids in helping citizens regain their footing

service provided Earliest known records kept at the GCEMS headquarters tell a tale rooted in mismanagement and neglect The previous administrators failed to provide adequate financial and patient records to comply with state regulations, leading the EMS into its current crisis

For years there were no operational budgets There were no taxes paid There were no retirement reimbursements paid There were no vehicle maintenance schedules There were no headquarters repairs Now the GCEMS would

after prolonged drug and/or alcohol abuse Commissioner Johnson thanked staff and the attorney for their tireless efforts She stated the chairman s work is an inspiration Commissioner Chairman Garria Spencer detailed his trials of asking other municipalities to invest in GCEMS Noting that the town of Forkland has definitively denied offering any assistance

The CFO report detailed that the county commission currently has $2,685,122 21 in unrestricted funds at Citizens Trust and $749 642 12 at Merchant & Farmers A full bank statement report will be uploaded to www greenecodemocrat co m Mrs Marilyn Armstead presented a proposal for Eutaw City Hall and the commission to collaborate on renovations at the old Carver School Site The collaboration would turn the site into a recreational facility with walking trails

need assistance of $150,996 per month, with estimated cost categories as follows: payroll and taxes $125,620 per month, fleet operations and maintenance $12,162 per month and standard operational costs $13 214 per month

While the 2026 EMS Reform Act will increase revenues starting October 1st, it is not feasible for the services to be fully funded by reimbursements alone Patient billing reimbursements are sporadic and unpredictable, so GCEMS often waits months to receive them Many counties subsidize their emergency

and a splash pad “We're looking at something that involves the whole family, Armstead stated The commission would be responsible for approximately $37 000 in engineering fees, while the city would pay for land, sewage, water, and partial facility Some concerns were raised regarding the decision to fund this project while the GCEMS is in dire need of financial assistance “At the end of the day, we need something to keep people here We need something for the kids to do ” Mayor Cokrell asserted

services to offer more funding sources while protecting patients from unexpected costs Here in Greene County, however, the GCEMS operates as an independent nonprofit institution only receiving what municipalities organizations, and citizens choose to donate Commissioner Garria Spencer reminded meeting attendees that the commission assisted Greene County Hospital with $200,000 to aid its own tax delinquency

See EMS, p 2

1 The proposal from Mrs Marilyn Armstead on the recreation site at the Old Carver High School

2 The contribution of $10,000 for EMS payroll (Commissioner Turner opposed)

3 Purchase Ad in the Greene County Democrat Graduation Edition$600 00

4 Naming a road in District 1 - Lucious Morrow Drive

The next regular session for the commission is scheduled for June 8th

The EMS Director James Robinson came to request assistance with payroll for GCEMS With a bank account balance of $9,908 00, they would still be short about $20,000 for payroll Questions were raised regarding whether funds from billing had already been used Robinson explained that they were still awaiting reimbursements as far back as January so financial intervention from municipalities is imperative We want to make this service way better than it has ever been,” Robinson stated The approved new business items are as follows:

T hr ee ar r ests and sever al incidents

The Eutaw Police Department reported no arrests and the following incidents

5/2-Crystal Edwards reported an incident

5/3-LaDiamond Blakely of Livingston reported theft of property 2nd degree 5/10- Deangelo Hall of Union reported harassment

5/10-George Roscoe reported harassment The Greene County Sh eriff Department reported the following arrests 5/6- Julius Gales 72 of Boligee was arrested for two counts of burglary 3rd degree

5/8-Patrick Robinson 22 of Union, AL was arrested for receiving stolen property 1st degree and theft of property 3rd degree The Greene County Sh eriff Department reported the following incidents

5/5- Rashard Pickens reported theft of property, Items stolen: Raptor 4-

5/6- Denzel Deloach 26 of Eutaw AL was arrested for harassment, assault 3rd degree, and criminal mischief 2nd degree

sity

Carol’s Notes

The Graduate

They parade in cap and gown Their entire bodies puffed in pride anticipating honors and acclaims and dreading loss of friends and safe harbor

They sit in cap and gown fidgeting through speeches delivered to inspire yet laden with underlying fear of the unknown

They stand in cap and gown

Accepting the scrolls that imprint their departure touching hands that clasps in prayerful message

They dance in cap and gown Joyous in sharing farewells greeting family and friends who tell them they have just begun

They depart in cap and gown ready to party not yet realizing the inevitable challenges they must embrace

We admire them in cap and gown And we call them graduates They call themselves graduates We pray we ’ ve prepared them to continue to grow

Carol Prejean Zippert

Renaissance Theater Multiplex Center-Eutaw

(205) 496-0908

eutawrenaissance theatre@gmail com

Friday, May 8, 2026

Movie this weekend: Hidden Figures

Gr eene County

On May 7 2026 the Greene County Children s Policy Council hosted the University of Alabama New Faculty Engagement Tour at the Boligee Community Center The tour, Exploring New Places, Meeting New People and Engaging New Communities , was created to encourage new c

partnerships According to Dr Samory Pruitt, Vice President of Community Affairs at the University of Alabama “community engaged scholarship exists at the intersection of teaching, research, and service, the three pillars of the University of Alabama’s mission The tour plays an important role in advancing that mission by provid-

EMS

The EMS services have always “been on an island out there on their own said EMS Board Chairman Nat Winn

The ambulance service is operating with 7 personnel: 1 EMR/driver 2 BLS providers, 1 ALS provider in training, and 3 ALS providers who also serve in management positions It is an understatement to say the company is stretched thin to serve Greene County’s 647 square miles and estimated population of 7,067 Yet, they still dutifully answer every call to the best of their abilities Management often works up to 96-hour shifts just to ensure there is a capable workforce that meets state regulations If GCEMS does not adhere to emergency service laws, it could

ing opportunities to connect, and for the community members to become the teachers while members of the University community embrace the role of learners

Four panelists from Greene County discussed their programs making a difference in Greene County and what type of additional community-engaged service or partnerships with the University of Alabama faculty, staff, and students would be helpful to address priorities within Greene County The panelist on the program were Teresa Atkins, Director of Career and Technical Education Greene County School System, Dr Timothy Thurman, Superintendent, Greene County School

System Mr Garria Spencer, Chairman, Greene County Commission and Mr Rodgerick Williams CEO and Administrator of the Greene County Health System Judge Lillie Jones-Osborne served as the facilitator and site coordinator for the group We are always happy to host the group and to sit down and have new dialogue with the faculty and staff to encourage new partnerships,” Osbourne stated She explained that several partnerships have developed over the years because of the engagement tour The tour visited several other areas in the Black belt and West Alabama over a three-day period

result in suspension of services revocation of licenses and debilitating lawsuits Management team members have shelled out thousands of dollars to ensure compliance with the laws governing EMS services EMS Board Vice Chair Loretta Wilson recently spent over $3 000 to rescue an ambulance, full of expensive medical equipment, from a mechanic lien in North Alabama Admins have stocked the ambulance with IV equipment, bought uniforms, and even put gas in the tank all of which are examples of how these men have contributed more than what is listed in their job descriptions The men of GCEMS are committed to ensuring that the people of Greene County are protected and given high-quality life-saving care Just because Greene County is rural does not mean the residents deserve less than the absolute best that is possible compared to any other county said Greene The very entity that has saved countless county lives now needs a savior A united front from those that they serve is their only hope “We may as well brace ourselves ” Winn began Billing is not going to cover costs There’s going to be a continuous shortfall The commission and municipalities are going to need to subsidize the ambulance service ” To see Greene’s full presentation visit us online at greenecodemocrat com

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There was a time when only the loonies were talking about walking on the moon, or tooling around in flying taxis or robots not only playing soccer but changing the rules for their own pleasure

All that was pure nonsense until it happened And now something else once thought impossible is on the verge of being taken seriously The Washington Post recently featured an article where Anthropic, a multi-billion tech company gathered Christian leaders together for help in considering whether their newly created morally sensitive chatbot could be considered a “child of God

By Marc Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League

(TriceEdneyWire com)"The consequences are likely to be far-reaching and grave Today’s decision renders Section 2 all but a dead letter In the States where that law continues to matter the States still marked by residential segregation and racially polarized voting minority voters can now be cracked out of the electoral process " Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan Instead of taking an objective look at the state of voting rights in this country that is rooted in its history to exploit rather than provide equality, the Wall Street Journal’s editorial board came together to draft a piece titled Democrats Have a Jim Crow Fantasy ” The piece suggests that the Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v Callais likely will have no meaningful impact on voting rights basing its argument on the fact that Black voter turnout in midterms increased after Shelby v Holder in 2013

After cherry-picking statistics about midterm turnout in 2018 and 2022, the board had the audacity to state that “Many states in the South including Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia have no-excuse absentee voting while completely ignoring the fact that the administration is aggressively trying to limit absentee voting ahead of this year s midterms

It also failed to mention that since 2020, an election with record voter turnout because of mail-in ballots states responded by passing a record number of voter suppression laws with tactics that include: enforcing strict voter ID laws, shown to disproportionately impact lower income voters purging voter rolls and in many majority Black communities, literally removing ballot boxes Regarding Shelby v Holder the piece also ig-

nored how the decision reduced Black political participation

Using nearly one billion individual voter-file records, researchers at the Brennan Center for Justice found that in the average county formerly subject to Section 5 preclearance the relative participation of nonwhite voters worsened after federal oversight ended

Critically, the study estimates that absent Shelby County, the white–Black turnout gap would have grown by only about 4–5 percentage points by 2022 Instead, it grew by roughly 9 points nearly double what national trends alone would predict That divergence reflects a causal effect of ending pre-clearance not mere coincidence

It doesn t take a study to see how Louisiana v Callais will impact Black voter representation in Congress; we can look at the arms race to redistrict the South that took place within days of the decision

The editorial closed out by saying that The Court s Callais ruling may result in less racial polarization to the extent that both parties will have to compete more vigorously for minority voters rather than packing them into majority-minority districts for partisan gain

As we see with states immediately rushing to eliminate any competition in their newly drawn maps, its clear that the real fantasy is both parties competing for minority voters

Louisiana went as far as to cancel its primary elections to redraw a map that could potentially eliminate all of its Black districts and Tennessee created a map that establishes a one-party system that eliminates the only sitting Black member of Congress the state has

No one claims that today resembles 1965 Selma in form But the data show that federal oversight mattered and its removal disproportionately burdened minority voters

Callais was yet another nail in the coffin of the Voting Rights Act It co-signs the dilution of the votes of Black communities which may result in the reduction of Black congressional representation in numbers worse than after Reconstruction

Calling this reality a “fantasy” is not analysis; it is evasion and only underscores the urgency of restoring the protections that once enforced them

alarming

Raising the question also requires us to consider what comes next Has technology drained the sacred from religion to the point that God can be treated like ordinary merchandise an unsettling prospect?

To many the theological issues immediately reveal the incongruities Several versions of the Bible show Jesus equated His own incarnation as flesh and blood God breathed life into humans and no technologist could ever do that no matter how ingenuous No algorithm can substitute for God and humans are governed by souls not data nor code

Adding to the controversy was the timing It came at a time when the President was photographed posing as Jesus and criticizing Pope Leo for stating that he had blood on his hands for the bombing in Iran Some in the White House, including Paula White who is a senior adviser on religious affairs, compared her boss with Jesus

The times were beginning to feel like a dagger was being thrust in the heart of Christendom

Their corporate intentions might have been good but once again is this really happening that a once seemingly impossible question is becoming normalized?

To hear a soulless machine tool treated as a junior Jesus stripped of divinity and to see technology become so overreaching that it tempts redefining humanity is

Several spiritual leaders unlikely to be invited to a comfortable meeting at Anthropic pushed back against the chatbot controversy As a minister who authored an AI-focused book The Rise of the Techno-Messiah, the author sees this debate as another step toward an era in which technology could eventually write its own

Bible, create its own religion and attempt to take God’s sacred place

In an interview Dr Felix Njeh, an engineer, researcher and author of the AI Reckoning described the Chatbot issue as Pure nonsense We are dealing with the complex issue of soul versus systems Man was formed by God's hands, filled with God's breath, and functioning as a living soul AI is coded by human minds AI has processing power but no breath of life AI has input output, but no impartation from God ’’

Dr Ralph Martino pastor of a multi-cultural church in Washington DC and co-host of Gospel Access a YouTube spiritual news hour asked “ Can a chatbot receive salvation?

Never Salvation is not a software upgrade, regeneration is not a system update and being born again is not downloading new data It is receiving divine life ”

He added that we ‘re living in a time where intelligence is increasing, intimacy with God is decreasing information is multiplying That is what AI does But transformation is missing Instead of listening and relying on God too many are depending upon technology And here is the deception

The deeper issue is also not whether AI can rise to our level but whether we are letting ourselves fall into theirs Harvard Researchers report that one in eight adolescents and young adults use AI chat-

bots for mental health advice at unexpectedly high rates often using the tools for guidance, comfort, guidance rather than turning to their religious leaders Nevertheless religious leaders like Najeh and Martino are cautioning against religious leaders strictly regarding AI and other technologies as evil Martino added: We must understand that AI is not the enemy It is not a god nor a devil If there is evil involved, it is not technology, but the people and corporations behind it Now that the chatbot role is bubbling to the surface technology deserves much more scrutiny from religious soul-tenders They should carry the message that tools are meant to serve us, not replace the relationships and spiritual grounding that sustain us As AI advances we must resist the insidious temptation to assign divinity to machines

The Word itself offers a helpful guide for caution and clarity: Test everything; hold fast what is good” (1

Thessalonians 5:21)

Dr Barbara A Reynolds is the author of eight books including The Rise and Fall of the TechnoMessiah Artificial Intelligence and the End Times and chairs the AI Committee for Everyday People for Black Women for Positive Change, where she is chaplain

Ona Judge esca ped once. Now they want to er ase her.

By Ben Jealous

(TriceEdneyWire com) -

Ona Judge escaped George Washington once

Now the federal government is trying to make her disappear again

I teach in Philadelphia a short walk from the site of the President s House George and Martha Washington lived there when the city was the nation s capital Nine enslaved people lived there too

My own family fought in the American Revolution

We descend from the youngest boy to carry a musket at Lexington So I grew up believing the American story belongs to every American Not the cleaned-up version

Ona Judge was one of those nine The promise of the Revolution lived in that house So did the cruelty of slavery

That is not a footnote

That is the American story For fifteen years, visitors to Independence National Historical Park could learn that story at an exhibit called Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation ” It told the truth about the people Washington enslaved there It told the truth about Ona Judge,

who chose freedom in 1796 and refused to return It told the truth about a country that promised liberty while permitting slavery

Then the Trump administration took the panels down

In January, the National Park Service removed the exhibit on White House orders The administration calls this kind of history too divisive Empty bolt holes marked the brick where the panels used to hang Only nine names remained engraved on the wall Austin Christopher Sheels Giles Hercules

Joe Richardson Moll Oney Judge Paris Richmond Someone left flowers

The city of Philadelphia sued A federal judge ordered the exhibit put back The administration appealed The case is now before the Third Circuit

This is a fight over whether America is strong enough to tell the truth about itself

And in that fight we need heroes

One of them is Judge Timothy K Lewis, a retired Black federal appeals judge President George H W Bush appointed him first as a district judge, then to the very Third Circuit now hearing this case Judge Lewis came up through the Republican legal world of Western Pennsylvania His mentor was Wendell Freeland a Tuskegee Airman who became a leading civil rights lawyer and a lifelong Black Republican in Pittsburgh

That lineage matters

In 2006, Judge Lewis

testified at Samuel Alito s Supreme Court confirmation hearing The two did not agree on much Lewis told the committee he was openly and unapologetically pro-choice ” But he stood up for Alito’s character because integrity mattered more than politics

That kind of judge does not lend his name to easy fights

A friend-of-the-court brief from the African Methodist Episcopal Church and historian Dr Erica Armstrong Dunbar makes the stakes plain Take Ona Judge and Bishop Richard Allen out of this story and you erase something we cannot afford to lose Enslaved people and free Black people helped shape the conscience of this nation

Allen was born into slavery He bought his freedom He founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia the first independent Black church in the United States He built a free Black community that pushed America closer to its own promise

But what is divisive about telling children that enslaved people dreamed and planned and ran?

What is divisive about telling tourists that George Washington was both the father of his country and a man who held people as property?

The real division comes from the lie It comes from asking Black children to walk where their ancestors’ suffering has been scrubbed away It comes from asking white children to grow up on a fairy tale It comes from saying that loving America requires forgetting Real patriotism does not fear Ona Judge Real patriotism can stand in the President’s House and say: Here lived George Washington Here also lived the people he enslaved Here a young woman named Ona Judge saw her chance and took it Here the promise of America was broken Here it was also pushed forward by people who refused to be owned This year America turns 250 The fight over how we tell our story will only get bigger Pressure to turn the founders into marble and the enslaved into ghosts Pressure to call love of country a cleanedup script we must recite But Ona Judge already showed us another way She told her own story with her feet She walked away from the President s House She made herself free Washington tried to get her back He failed More than two centuries later, no government should be allowed to do what Washington could not Ona Judge did not ask George Washington for freedom She took it The least we can do now is refuse to let anyone take her story away Ben Jealous is a professor of practice at the University of Pennsylvania and former president and CEO of the NAACP

Civil Rights Leader s pr epar e for fight after axing of Voting

Rights Act

By Barrington M Salmon

(TriceEdneyWire com)Civil Rights leaders across the US have reacted with alarm to the US Supreme Court ruling on April 28 that struck down Louisiana s second majority Black congressional district saying that the district relied too heavily on race; thereby gutting the Voting Rights Act

A mélange of outraged critics and political observers assert that this ruling not only renders the landmark Voting Rights Act useless, but also gives Republicans in the states they control the judicial cover to significantly expand extreme partisan gerrymandering They fear that this decision will invite Republican-led states to jettison Black and Latino electoral districts that usually lean Democratic creating one-party states and tilting the balance of power in Congress for years to come

“Today’s decision in Louisiana v Callais is a profound setback for American democracy and a direct blow to the voting power of Black communities in Louisiana and across the nation At its core, this case was never about fairness or constitutional principle it was about whether a multiracial democracy will be permitted to function as intended or whether the voices of Black voters can once again be weakened, diluted, and silenced,” Marc Morial president and CEO of the National Urban League said in a statement “By undermining lawful efforts to ensure fair representation the court has placed long standing protections of the Voting Rights Act in grave jeopardy ” NAACP General Counsel Kristen Clarke and Patrice Willoughby, Chief of Policy and Legislative Affairs authored a joint response to what they characterized as the Supreme Court’s destruction of the Voting Rights Act

“The Supreme Court has eviscerated the Voting Rights Act, handing a license to hostile politicians who want to rig the system by silencing our voices Willoughby and Clarke said “By opening the door and allowing officials to dismantle districts that provide Black voters a fair chance to elect candidates of choice, the Court has betrayed Black voters betrayed America and betrayed the promise of democracy

“This is NOT by accident Let’s call this what it is: a shameful ruling designed to erode Black electoral power This ruling shouldn’t be viewed in isolation It is part of a broader, coordinated pattern of voter suppression spreading across the country Opponents of equality are working overtime to roll back decades of progress and strip away our representation ” The Nation’s Justice Correspondent Elie Mystal predicted during a 2025 interview with MSNBC’s Ali Velshi the outcome of the Louisiana v Callais case

saying Roberts would oversee the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act

“John Roberts has been an enemy of the Voting Rights Act his entire career (he is the) the biggest enemy towards black people SCOTUS has seen since Justice Taney, who authored the pro-slavery 1857 Dred Scott decision ” which maintained the enslavement of Black people, Mystal said Now, southern states, including Louisiana Alabama Tennessee and South Carolina are rushing to seed the ground for the eventual redrawing of lines that will eliminate Black Congressional seats The full impact of the court s ruling will be seen in the next few years voting rights experts predict Damon T Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee said in a statement Black Americans have never been fully represented in the electoral process This ruling makes it less likely that we ever will The impact of this ruling cannot be understated The consequences will be seen both immediately and far into the future

He said the Supreme Court has displayed mounting hostility toward voting rights and Constitutional rights particularly for Black voters

“Today’s ruling continues that pattern In essence the Supreme Court has usurped Congress' authority by rewriting Section 2 of the VRA Now, to block a remedy states will try to hide behind a false mask of partisanship, Hewitt said Members of the country’s most prominent civil rights organizations state and federal legislators and other advocates and officials have been scrambling to figure out coherent robust responses to a situation which Hewitt said, threatens to invite a new wave of discriminatory redistricting across the country and to roll back decades of hard fought progress that brought the nation closer to a democracy where every voice matters equally

Calling it an emergency, they had the first of what is expected to be any number of press conferences meetings, forums and strategy sessions to frame effective responses

“Today’s unjust decision in Louisiana v Callais ensures that the U S Supreme Court justices who voted 6-3 will be remembered in history as one of the most shameful majority decisions against a multi-racial democracy and also opens the door for states to eliminate majority-Black districts, said Melanie Campbell, president/CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation in a statement Further, on the eve of our nation’s 250th birthday the Roberts Court will also be remembered for upholding racial discrimination designed to eliminate the ability for Black and other minority communities to elect candidates of choice

See Voting Righ Act, p 9

Senate Sketches #2029.....by

Sander s Seeing farther, Reaching higher

When we stand on our history, we see farther, we reach higher History is so powerful when we know the truth and stand on it If we don t stand on our history it will surely stand on us, limiting our vision and shortening our reach Seeing farther Reaching higher

We are in a critical time in this country This imperfect democracy is being dismantled African Americans and other minorities are being pushed back Is there one historical period we can look back to that will help us to see better and go forward? The nearest period may well be the end of what is called Reconstruction Seeing farther, Reaching higher

Let’s first look at the limited democracy as it was developing back in the 1860s and 1870s For scores of years the right to vote along with other democratic rights had included more and more citizens of the USA The right to vote had expanded from white men who owned land to all white men Women were still excluded Black men and Black women were excluded Native Americans were excluded So were others such as Chinese men Black people were mostly enslaved and therefore denied virtually all citizenship rights Seeing farther, Reaching higher

Then there came a mighty leap forward Black people were no longer enslaved The Thirteenth Amendment to the U S Constitution abolished nearly all slavery The Fourteenth Amendment provided rights of citizenship to African Americans and others All persons born or naturalized in the United States ” The Fifteenth Amendment gave every citizen the right to vote on paper even though it was somehow limited in practice to just Black men That was a gigantic movement toward fuller and more inclusive democracy Seeing farther, Reaching higher

There was an immediate and powerful backlash Within 12 years from the end of the Civil War in 1865 these newly expanded rights were being greatly diminished All those expanded rights had not been implemented in 1865 The 13th Amendment was ratified in December 1865 The 14th Amendment was ratified on July 9 1868 The 15thAmendment was ratified on February 3 1870 There was also federal legislation enacted to implement these constitutional rights Within seven years, these rights were smashed Seeing farther Reaching higher

President Andrew Johnson who became President immediately after the death of President Abraham Lincoln, commenced limiting these democratic and other rights while expanding the rights of former Confederates who had fought against the United States of America The U S Supreme Court soon also commenced limiting these newly expanded rights Then there was a massive break in the constitutional

rights dam with the judicial, executive and legislative branches joining in the limiting of rights Seeing farther, Reaching higher In the Presidential election of 1876 no presidential candidate received a majority of the electoral college votes Rutherford B Hayes, the Republican candidate was one vote short of a majority A compromise between various political forces was reached in March of 1875 It is variously referred to as follows: Compromise of 1877; the Great Compromise; the Wormley Agreement; the Tilden-Hayes Compromise; the Great Betrayal; the Corrupt Bargain; etc The Newly achieved rights by Black Americans were sacrificed Seeing farther, Reaching higher

The Corrupt Bargain provided for Rutherford B Hayes to become President Southern Democrats were awarded home rule to do as they saw fit with recently freed Black people All Federal soldiers were withdrawn from the South Waves of violence and terror swept across the former Confederate states Virtually all the rights recently achieved by Black people were wiped out or greatly compromised An oppressive racial segregation was violently implemented Seeing farther, Reaching higher Voting rights were immediately compromised Other rights including the right to work, due process, public accommodations freedom of speech and freedom of association were quickly compromised and ultimately crushed Every right for Black people was compromised by law and or violence and or social practices The loss of these rights lasted for nearly 100 years (88 years counting from the 1877 Corrupt Bargain to the 1964 and 1965 Voting Rights Acts but it started before 1877 and went beyond 1965) Seeing farther, Reaching higher

The Republican Party, which most Black men supported with their votes abandoned Black people Black people did not organize quickly and widely enough to fight these corrupt bargains White supremacy was at work in the North as well as the South, although less harsh and less violent Commercial transactions including forced prisoners' labor played powerful roles The denial of rights focused on Black people and not on other peoples of color The United States government allowed the former Confederates and others to employ lynchings and other forms of terror without legal challenge to violently oppress Black people The U S Supreme Court was very instrumental in rolling back these rights in 1873 with the Slaughter Cases, the Cruikshank case in 1876 and the Reese case in 1876 Seeing farther, Reaching higher

Looking at the executive judicial and legislative branches of the current U S federal government, we cannot expect assistance from any branch We

cannot change the executive branch for nearly three years We cannot change the judicial branch until we change both the legislative branch and the executive branch However we can change Congress in the next eight months and that is one place to start We start where we can start Seeing farther Reaching higher

But we can start even before we change Congress We can organize to fight back The people in Minneapolis (Minnesota) Chicago, (Illinois) and other cities and states and cities showed us how to fight the massive power of the national government

The people organized The people were creative utilizing cell phones to communicate, record and document The people prevailed We can prevail Seeing farther, Reaching higher

The people of Minnesota, Chicago and other places were organizing to prevent deportation of immigrants illegally We are organizing to save a democracy, however imperfect We also may be organizing to save people I fear this anti-democratic spirit will lead to far more than deportations We are not without resources to fight back Just look back to the 1965 Voting Rights Movement Seeing farther, Reaching higher Now on to the Daily Diary

SATURDAY, May 2, 2026 – I walked, handled many matters and worked into the night Among others, I communicated with the following: Faya Rose Toure of the Bridge Crossing Jubilee; Derrick Johnson CEO of the NAACP; President and SCLC Emeritus Charles Steele and wife Annette Steele; Alabama New South Coalition State Coordinator Shelley Fearson; and Dr Carol Prejean Zippert of Lake Charles, Louisiana

SUNDAY – I hosted the Sunday School Lesson with Dr Margaret Hardy handled various matters, attended the Tabernacle Church of God In Christ, participated in a conference call and worked into the night Among others, I communicated with the following: Sharon Wheeler of Montgomery; Alabama New South Coalition President Everette Wess; Tabernacle Church of God in Christ Pastor John Grayson; Vickie Simmons Robinson of Montgomery on her birthday; Willie “Kilroy” Sanders of Rice, Virginia on his birthday; and Alabama State Conference of the NAACP President Ronald Ali

MONDAY – I walked, handled many matters and worked into the night Among others, I communicated with the following: Retired Circuit Judge and Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice John England, Jr ; Marilyn Cosby, Karen Jackson and Charlene Williams of Selma; Rebecca Marion of the Bridge Crossing Jubilee; Rosie Whiting of Lowndes

County; and Youlanda Curtis of Washington and Mobile Counties

TUESDAY – I handled many matters and worked into the night Among others, I communicated with the following: Retired College President Dr James Mitchell; Lowndes County School Superintendent Samita Jeter; Dr Kenneth Glasgow of the Ordinary Peoples Society on his birthday; John “Little John Teague on his birthday; Allen Garner of Dallas County; Charlie Einstein of Denver, Colorado; Josephine Curtis and Bertha Walker of Selma; and Retired Circuit Judge Johnny Hardwick

WEDNESDAY – I walked, handled many matters, participated in meetings and worked into the night Among others, I communicated with the following: Latosha Brown of Black Voters Matter; Former Alabama State Senator Malika Sanders Fortier; Jim Eaton of Tallahassee Florida; Jonathan Raulston of Jefferson County; Jeannie Frasier of Philadelphia Pennsylvania; and Law Professor Kindaka Sanders on his birthday

THURSDAY – I handled many matters, participated in the SOS Connections podcast attended a historical event at the Selma Walton Theater and worked into the night Among others, I communicated with the following: Greene County School Superintendent Dr Timothy Thurman; Law Professor Emerita Martha Morgan; Karen Jones and Judson Garner of Montgomery; Reverend Jamal Sanders and Geraldine Wofford of Selma; Latonia Tisdale of Alabama Power; and Montgomery Businessman Frank Jenkins

FRIDAY – I walked attended the Wallace Community College Selma Graduation handled many matters, participated in a Black Voters Matter Zoom call and worked into the evening Among others, I communicated with the following: Johnny Moss of Selma; Dr Corey Jones of the Dallas County School System ; and Earl Ford of Perry County;

EPILOGUE – History has taught me the power of White supremacy It takes powerful forces to limit and restrain it When neither branch of the federal government is active in limiting White supremacy; it becomes a wildfire The only forces left to fight the fire are highly organized people Seeing farther, Reaching higher

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The state has been battling civil rights plaintiffs over its congressional map for years, with a focus on whether a second majority-Black district was required to comply with the 1965 Voting Rights Act

The latest flurry of court filings came in light of the Supreme Court s ruling on April 29 in a case from Louisiana that undermined a key provision of the law, making it much easier for states to draw districts that dilute minority voting rights

The court fast-tracked the Alabama case a week after a similar decision in the Louisiana dispute Both decisions are a boon to Republicans, who are locked in a redistricting war with Democrats triggered by President Donald Trump with control of the House at stake

In a dissenting opinion, liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the court action was “inappropriate and will cause only confusion as Alabamians begin to vote in the elections scheduled for next week

The Alabama litigation includes a claim that the state s favored map intentionally discriminates against Black voters, a finding that may not be affected by the Louisiana ruling Sotomayor added Alabama s appeal of the lower court ruling that invalidated its map was on hold at the Supreme Court while it

Few expect major breakthroughs to the long-running frictions between China and the U S which range from competition in technology to the thorny question of Taiwan whose main ally is the U S Ending the war with Iran is likely to be added to the agenda, with Beijing being one of the unofficial mediators in the conflict

“On both sides there is a consensus that U S -China stability is important, said Henrietta Levin, senior fellow for the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington “Once you get past the question of stability the ‘what’s next’ in the relationship gets a little more complicated and so for that reason, the most likely thing to come out of the meeting is very little ”

Here’s what to know about the summit: - There may be a trade deal, but not a resolution -

The China-U S trade war started with Trump s first term, but turned up a notch in April last year, on Trump s socalled “Liberation Day,” when he announced 34% tariffs on all Chinese goods China retaliated with counter tariffs and other measures such as restrictions on rare earth exports Tariffs reached as high as 145% in the escalating back and forth

The two sides, realizing the sky-high tariffs weren’t sustainable then called for a trade truce halting many of the punitive economic measures The two leaders met in South Korea in October and extended the truce for another year China promised to purchase soybeans from American farmers while the U S dropped tariffs by more than half

“China’s strategy was to promote stability by fighting back, said Fudan University professor Zhao Minghao, an expert in international relations

Both sides could very well issue a comprehensive trade agreement this time But this doesn’t mean the war is over and the agreement will have conditions

Last year s trade truce did not resolve any of the bigger picture issues, and it did not mean a return to how things were China now has a new export permit requirement for rare earth exports that it can tighten at any time

Further this time around there s been a lack of the intensive type of engagement that has characterized past summits,” said Wendy Cutler, vice president of the Asia Society and a former trade negotiator for the U S China in April issued new regulations that built out a framework for identifying and countering foreign measures targeted at Chinese companies Under the new rules, for example, China’s Ministry of Commerce told impacted companies such as one petroleum refinery that bought Iranian crude oil to ignore U S sanctions

Although some say the sides could announce a continuation of the trade truce, they note they have continued to take targeted actions

“It’s a fragile truce ” said Cutler

The White House said Sunday they are also planning to discuss creating a new Board of Trade to keep their countries talking on economic issues

- China’s ability to buy high-tech chips is still a thorny issueThe U S imposed restrictions on exports to China of advanced computer chips and related tech, such as the machines to make the chips, as early as Trump’s first term in office

Nvidia a California company and the leading designer of advanced chips has pressed Trump to allow it to export them to China Nvidia founder Jensen Huang has argued that selling the chips will build reliance on American tech for Chinese AI firms

But the increasing list of restrictions on chip exports may

a successful method of making a company ecofriendlier

ployees want their jobs to address climate change, and 59 percent of business leaders say employee action has led them to increase sustainability in their offices Ultimately, employee action is

One way an employee can make their office greener is through simple but impactful habits Employees can save energy on site by turning off lights when not in use, turning down heating and cooling and minimizing the power used by electronics Other office-based sustainable practices include setting up recycling or compost bins car-pooling to work with peers, or developing a “Green Team” with likeminded coworkers that can help their companies implement a range of ecofriendly policy plans Toyota and Mayfield Environmental Engineering

decided the Louisiana case As soon as the ruling was issued, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall asked the justices to act quickly on its appeal so the state can move forward with using its preferred map

The Legislature has already passed legislation, signed into law by Republican Gov Kay Ivey, that would push back the state’s primary elections, which were originally due to take place May 19

The Alabama litigation dates to the map the state drew immediately after the 2020 census, which included one majority-Black district The state, which has a population that is more than a quarter Black, has seven congressional districts

Civil rights plaintiffs successfully challenged that map, winning a surprising ruling at the Supreme Court in June 2023

The state then sought to try again drawing a new map

the one the state currently wants to use that still included one majority-Black district, but the Supreme Court rejected that effort, too, in September 2023

That led to a court-drawn map with two majority-Black districts’ being used in the 2024 election Democrats won both races

only push China deeper in its drive for self-reliance

“China’s attitude has changed subtly it seems more focused on advancing its domestic chip industry rather than continuing to rely on advanced chips from the United States, Zhao said in written comments - China sees Taiwan as the ‘biggest risk’ in ties with the US -

Two weeks before the meeting, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in a call with U S Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the bilateral relationship has remained generally stable but Taiwan remains the “biggest risk” to their ties China signaled again on Thursday that Taiwan would be a top priority for discussion

Few expect a resolution to the Taiwan issue, lingering since China and Taiwan split in a civil war in 1949 While Beijing claims Taiwan the island is a self-ruled democracy

Tensions have only risen since Taiwan first elected Tsai Ing-wen as president in 2016 Her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says Taiwan is functionally independent and its own sovereign state Beijing has broken off communication with Taiwan s government and in recent years started sending warplanes and warships closer to the island in almost daily drills

The island’s current president, Lai Ching-te, is also from the DPP Beijing has criticized Lai repeatedly even depicting him as a parasite in propaganda imagery for its military exercises

The U S is required by law to ensure Taiwan can defend itself but officially maintains a position of what has been called strategic ambiguity leaving the question of whether the U S would get involved militarily if China decided to reclaim Taiwan by force Trump has also said recently that he discussed arms sales to Taiwan with Xi, which led to further questions of whether the U S would support Taiwan

One possibility is that China and the U S can take the strategy of a sort of ‘reciprocal restraint’, such as reducing the number of American arms sales to Taiwan, in exchange for fewer military exercises from the mainland aimed at Taiwan said Zhao

- The US wants China to put pressure on Iran -

As the world awaits an end to the war in Iran that has shaken the global economy the conflict is likely to surface in the talks

China has openly criticized the United States and Israel over the war In addition, given its close political and economic ties with Iran, it is seen by some as an unofficial mediator that could influence Tehran So far Beijing has remained cautious preferring to not get deeply involved

I don t think China has any interest in solving the problems the U S has created for itself in the Middle East,” Levin of the Center for Strategic and International Studies said

A few days before the trip, U S Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on China to pressure Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, and said that by buying Iranian oil, Beijing is funding terrorism

Let s see if China let s see them step up with some diplomacy and get the Iranians to open the strait, Bessent said on Fox News “Iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism, and China has been buying 90% of their energy, so they are funding the largest state sponsor of terrorism ”

Wu covers Chinese culture society and politics for The Associated Press, as well as the country s growing overseas influence from Bangkok She was previously based in Taiwan and China

have successfully integrated an Environmental Management System (EMS) into their companies, which allows them to set tangible goals and monitor progress

For employees wanting to bring environmental policies or practices to their bosses’ attention, there are many organizations that provide detailed resources on such a process Work for Climate is a non-profit organization that focuses on company sustainability through employee-led action Founder Lucy Piper notes how “for a really long time employees have been an untapped stakeholder group in that wheel of influence that can get corporate CEOs and boards to make different decisions ”

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Work for Climate consolidated with a few other environmental organizations to form Environmental Consultants & Affiliates Network (ECAN) dedicated to changing companies environmental awareness through the employee efforts ECAN provides workers with information that best fits their circumstances They have different stepby-step resources available for individuals suited to their comfort level and familiarity with climate action “We had one engineer who was working with us and he was able to successfully shift his very conservative engineering firm to 100 percent renewable energy ” says Piper

According to a press release, at the centerpiece of the plan is a straightforward idea: the first $75,000 of income would be tax-free for households filing jointly with proportional tax relief for single filers and heads of household Booker s proposal would more than double the standard deduction for taxpayers

Under current guidelines from the Internal Revenue Service the standard deduction for 2025 is $15 750 for single filers or those married filing separately $31 500 for married couples filing jointly or a qualifying surviving spouse, and $23,625 for heads of household

If Booker ’s proposal were enacted many married taxpayers would pay no federal income tax on the first $75,000 they earn According to NBC News, individual (Single) filers would receive a standard deduction of $37,500 while head of household would receive a standard deduction of $56 250 under the legislation

The Child Tax Credit would expand under the bill if passed

The Keep Your Pay Act would also expand the Child Tax Credit through the American Family Act Under the plan the credit would increase to $3 600 per child ages 6 to 17 and $4,320 for children under six It would also include a $2,400 baby bonus in the year a child is born to help families cover the high upfront costs of welcoming a newborn

The credit would be fully refundable so that families with lower incomes can still receive the full benefit

It would also boost age eligibility for the Earned Income Tax Credit

In addition, the plan would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit through the Tax Cut for Workers Act The measure would extend eligibility to younger workers ages 19 to 24 and older workers 65 and above groups that are currently excluded from receiving the full benefit while also tripling the value of the credit to deliver additional relief to workers without children in the home

Booker says the proposal would be fully paid for by closing tax loopholes used by wealthy individuals and large corporations and requiring them to pay a larger share

Measures could include raising the corporate tax rate strengthening corporate tax rules increasing taxes on stock buybacks, tightening limits on deductions for executive compensation, and addressing other tax avoidance strategies

“The tax system is rigged we all know this ” Booker told supporters in a video shared to his X account on March 9

It s rigged against working people and all full with things that help people with a lot of money whether it’s corporations or billionaires avoid paying taxes ”

Why is Cory Booker proposing this?

The plan is designed as a sweeping response to a range of economic concerns, including rising costs and wages that have struggled to keep pace with essentials such as housing and health care

You should keep more of your money Booker added in a video shared on Tuesday, March 2

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The City of Eutaw will hold a public hearing on May 26, 2026 at 5:00 pm. at the Eutaw City Hall to discuss the City’s submission of an application for the Fiscal Year 2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program The City is interested in obtaining all citizens’ input on community development needs with the City. Activities that are eligible for funding include the improvement of public works, public facilities, housing rehabilitation, and others allowed by law At least 51% of the funds must be used to benefit low and moderate income persons The Town is proposing to apply for $400,000 in funding to improve the streets in the City. All citizens are encouraged to attend to comment on the proposed activities No displacement of persons will be proposed For more information, or if you require special accommodations at the hearing, please contact Corey Cockrell, Mayor at (205) 372-4212.

Graduation will be on held at 6:00 p.m. at GCHS Gymnasium.

Graduation: May 14, 2026

Ms. Andrea Perry, Principal Janice Jeames-Askew, Assist. Principal Dr. Timothy Thurman, Superintendent

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Mayor Corey Cockrell, Hon. Jonathan Woodruff Hon. Tracy Hunter, Hon.Carrie Logan, Hon. Valerie Watkins and Hon. Lorenzo French

Congratulations 2026 Graduates The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black Oh I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way I doubted if I should ever come back

I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference

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A Salute to Greene County High School Seniors

Greene County Racing Commission

Linette Brown, Donald Means, Morris Hardy

Sheriff Benison awarded the 2026 graduating seniors of Greene County High School scholarships totaling $99,600

Pictured with Sheriff Joe Benison: Valedictorian Arruina Taylor ($15,200), Salutatorian Delandria Turner ($10,200), third Honor Anya Jones ($6,200 00) The first row of scholars received $2,200 each, and the reamining scholarsreceived $1,200 each

Graduating 8th graders from Robert Brown Middle School each received a Walmart gift card for $150 00 The total amount for all 57 graduates being $8,550 00

Pictured with Sheriff Joe Benison, Principal Anderson Chief Deputy Vince Hardwick Sgt Earnstine Wade and the 8th graders at Robert Brown Middle School

"We are so proud of our graduates and all of our students I pray they have prosperous futures and all kids have a safe summer vacation "Sheriff Jonathan "Joe" Benison

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

The Town of Forkland is soliciting proposals from qualified firms and individuals interested in providing professional services related to the preparation and implementation of a Community Development Block Grant

PROGRAM ADMINIS-

TRATION: These tasks shall include, but not be limited to, preparation of a grant application to be submitted to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA), and then, if the grant is awarded by ADECA, the preparation of an environmental review record; preparation of all necessary documents to remove grant conditions; preparation of requests for state funds to ensure consistency with all Federal and State Accounting procedures; establish and maintain project files; monitor program progress; monitor compliance with all applicable Federal and State requirements; assist with the preparation of bid and contract documents; and preparation of all reports as required by ADECA inclusive of preparation of close-out documents for submission to ADECA upon project completion All applicants must submit their qualifications list any prior experience with Community Development Projects in the State of Alabama list any experience with other federally funded projects and list any previous experience within the Town of Forkland All applicants must include a lump sum fee for all services to be provided from project initiation through project close-out

Proposals will be rated according to the following criteria:

Experience with the Community Development Block Grant Program-30 points

Professional qualifications-20 points

3 Knowledge and familiarity with the community-20 points

4 Experience with Federally funded projects20 points

5 Cost of services

to be provided-10 points

These proposals are being requested in accordance with 2 CFR 200 UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, and the “modified” Common Rule as adopted by the State of Alabama A contract will be awarded to the qualified applicant whose proposal is determined to be the most appropriate The Town of Forkland reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, and to waive any irregularities or informalities in the proposal process

Envelopes containing proposals must be sealed and labeled on the outside as follows: “Proposal for Program Administration” and may be mailed or hand-delivered to Charlie McAlpine, Mayor Town of Forkland, 13327 U S 43, Forkland, Alabama, 36740

All proposals shall contain original signatures, facsimile copies will not be accepted Proposal must be received no later than 4:00 p m on Thursday June 11, 2026 All proposals will be evaluated and an award decision will be made by the Town of Forkland The Town of Forkland is an Equal Opportunity Employer Funding for this project will be provided by the U S Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant program and all applicable federal requirements shall be met Minority and women owned business enterprises, as well as Section 3 persons and businesses are encouraged to submit proposals

Charlie McAlpine Town of Forkland

NOTICE TO PUBLIC REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

ENGINEERING SERVICES

The Town of Forkland is soliciting statements of qualifications from qualified firms and individuals interested in providing professional services related to the preparation and implementation of a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds available from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs

ENGINEERING SERV-

ICES: These tasks shall include but not be limited to assistance with preparation of a grant application to be submitted to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) and then if the grant is awarded by ADECA the level and scope of services to be provided by the consultant will be determined by the Town A lump sum fixed price fee will be required Engineering services for all stages of design bidding and construction of the project are required Examples of services which firm

must be prepared and qualified to provide shall include but not be limited to the following: The preparation of all necessary construction plans and specifications, the preparation of all bid documents and supervision of the bidding process that is consistent with Local, State and Federal regulations, the provision of on-site resident inspection services during the construction process in addition to regular progress reports to the Town At the completion of construction, the project engineer shall conduct a final construction inspection and issue a final certificate of completion

As-built drawings shall be delivered to the Town Statements of qualifications will be evaluated and ranked on the basis of the following criteria:

Knowledge of the CDBG program- 20 points

Resources and availability- 20 points

Experience of proposed personnel- 20 points

Understanding and familiarity with the needs and environment of the community20 points

Previous experience in working with locality- 20 points

Total possible points to be achieved: 100

These statements of qualifications are being requested in accordance with 2 CFR 200 UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, and the modified Common Rule as adopted by the State of Alabama A contract will be awarded to the qualified applicant whose statement of qualification is determined to be the most appropriate The Town reserves the right to reject any or all statements of qualifications, and to waive any irregularities or informalities in the qualifications solicitation process

Envelopes containing statements of qualifications must be sealed and labeled on the outside as follows: Statement of Qualifications for Engineering Services Town of Forkland Community Development Block Grant and may be mailed or hand delivered to Charlie McAlpine Mayor Town of Forkland 13327 U S 43 Forkland Alabama 36740 All statements of qualifications shall contain original signatures facsimile copies will not be accepted The statements of qualification must be received no later than 4:00 p m on Thursday June 11 2026 All statements of qualifications will be evaluated and an award decision will be made by the Town of Forkland The Town of Forkland is an Equal Opportunity Employer Funding for this project will be provided by the U S Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant program and all applicable federal requirements shall be met

Minority and women owned business enterprises, as well as Section 3 persons and businesses are encouraged to submit statements of qualifications

Charlie McAlpine, Mayor Town of Forkland

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Legal Notices Notices is hereby given to George Pippen that the content of Unit #43 will be sold to the highest bidder at 8:00 a m on May 29, 2026 at the Carwash Storage located 340 Greensboro Street Eutaw, Alabama Carwash Storage

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

The City of Eutaw is soliciting proposals from qualified firms and individuals interested in providing professional services related to the preparation and implementation of a Community Development Block Grant PROGRAM ADMINIS-

TRATION: These tasks shall include, but not be limited to, preparation of a grant application to be submitted to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA), and then, if the grant is awarded by ADECA, the preparation of an environmental review record; preparation of all necessary documents to remove grant conditions; preparation of requests for state funds to ensure consistency with all Federal and State Accounting procedures; establish and maintain project files; monitor program progress; monitor compliance with all applicable Federal and State requirements; assist with the preparation of bid and contract documents; and preparation of all reports as required by ADECA inclusive of preparation of close-out documents for submission to ADECA upon project completion All applicants must submit their qualifications list any prior experience with Community Development Projects in the State of Alabama list any experience with other federally funded projects and list any previous experience within the City of Eutaw All applicants must include a lump sum fee for all services to be provided from project initiation through project close-out

Proposals will be rated according to the following criteria:

1 Experience with the Community Development Block Grant Program-30 points

2 Professional qualifications-20 points

3 Knowledge and familiarity with the community20 points

4 Experience with Federally funded projects-20 points

5 Cost of services to be provided-10 points

These proposals are being requested in accordance with 2 CFR 200 UNIFORM ADMINIS-

TRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, and the “modified” Common Rule as adopted by the State of Alabama A contract will be awarded to the qualified applicant whose proposal is determined to be the most appropriate

The City of Eutaw reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, and to waive any irregularities or informalities in the proposal process

Envelopes containing proposals must be sealed and labeled on the outside as follows: “Proposal for Program Administration” and may be mailed or hand-delivered Corey Cockrell, Mayor City of Eutaw, 116 Main Street, Eutaw, AL 35462 All proposals shall contain original signatures, facsimile copies will not be accepted

The proposals must be received no later than 4:00 p m on May 28, 2026 All proposals will be evaluated, and an award decision will be made by the City of Eutaw The City of Eutaw is an Equal Opportunity Employer Funding for this project will be provided by the U S Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant program and all applicable federal requirements shall be met

Minority and women owned business enterprises, as well as Section 3 persons and businesses are encouraged to submit proposals All vendors shall be active in sam gov Mayor Corey Cockrell City of Eutaw 1tcg 5/6

NOTICE TO PUBLIC REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS ENGINEERING/ARCHTECTURAL SERVICES

The City of Eutaw is soliciting statements of qualifications from qualified firms and individuals interested in providing professional services related to the preparation and implementation of a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds available from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs

E N G I N E E R I N G / A RCHITECTURAL SERVICES: These tasks shall include but not be limited to assistance with preparation of a grant application to be submitted to the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) and then if the grant is awarded by ADECA the level and scope of services to be provided by the consultant will be determined by the City of Eutaw A lump sum fixed price fee will be required Engineering/Architectural services for all stages of design bidding and construction of the project are required Examples of services which firm must be prepared and qualified to provide shall include but not be limited to the following: The preparation of all necessary construction plans and specifications the preparation of all bid doc-

uments and supervision of the bidding process that is consistent with Local, State and Federal regulations, the provision of onsite resident inspection services during the construction process in addition to regular progress reports to the City At the completion of construction, the project engineer/architect shall conduct a final construction inspection and issue a final certificate of completion As-built drawings shall be delivered to the City Statements of qualifications will be evaluated and ranked on the basis of the following criteria: 1 Knowledge of the CDBG program- 20 points 2 Resources and availability- 20 points 3 Experience of proposed personnel- 20 points 4 Understanding and familiarity with the needs and environment of the community20 points 5 Previous experience in working with locality- 20 points Total possible points to be achieved: 100 These statements of qualifications are being requested in accordance with 2 CFR 200 UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS, and the modified Common Rule as adopted by the State of Alabama A contract will be

The 4th Annual Women in Agriculture conference was recently held on April 24 and 25 at the New Generation Community Center explorign its core mission of increasing “Women in Ag ” The event covered essential agricultural topics such as farm start-ups, current USDA programs, and instructional testimonials from female farmers

The journey of women in agriculture in West Alabama has evolved significantly bringing together farmers from all walks of life Agriculture is no

longer a male-dominated field; women are leading the way in improving lives for their families and making significant impacts within the industry

The event proudly honored Joyce Ellington of E & J Farms in Emelle, AL, for her 30 years of farming and service to West Alabama Thirty years ago, Joyce and her husband, Elijah established their 37acre farm in Sumter County While raising five sons Craig Terry Kendrick, Frederick, and Elijah Jr they also raised

Octavia E. Bulter

Going from a shy Black girl, born in 1947 and raised under Jim Crow to a literary icon Butler ’s path to success was not linear She was told not to dream but to get a real job

As she juggled temp jobs, financial anxiety and a society that resisted making room for her, Butler wrote genredefining literature that has been adapted for TV and film in recent years and has continued to go viral nearly two decades after her death in 2006 at 58

“Positive Obsession,” named for a 1989 essay by Butler pulls from journals interviews and personal letters in Butler ’s public archives to illuminate the forces that shaped her, revealing an ambitious and meticulous writer

For most of her career, Butler woke up before dawn to write for hours ahead of what she once called “lots of horrible little jobs ” As she toiled in factories and warehouses washing dishes inspecting potato chips and making telemarketing calls, Butler conjured characters from her everyday encounters

Morris told NBC that in sharing Butler ’s story now, 19 years after her death she hopes to inspire artists who don t think they can afford to create to find the time

In this economic system that we re currently in, we are so crunched down trying to buy eggs or pay the rent,” Morris said “sometimes we don’t even feel like we can access art for art’s sake But through all the trials and tribulations, she was accessing it Butler s journals show how writing was her way of pushing back against racism, patriarchy and other norms that frustrated her and made her feel overlooked as a creative person and a public intellectual She wrote because she had to, Morris writes She put pen to paper to make sense of the world and speak back to it

Beyond writing novels Butler eventually became known for her direct and evocative engagement with readers, whom she pushed to think deeply about the world around them She analyzed real-world dynamics and extrapolated them into prescient and cautionary fiction She wrote stories that seem to have become only more popular as time has passed Her novel Kindred was reimagined into a TV series in 2022, and authors John Jennings and Damian Duffy won a Hugo Award in 2021 for their

goats, sheep, rabbits, hogs, and vegetables

In the farm's early years, Joyce managed operations and livestock while her husband and sons worked away from home She successfully scaled her rabbit production to over 500 animals and remains dedicated to being present for every birth on the farm to ensure a strong bond with her livestock

With the help of several grants the Ellingtons have installed new fencing and a high tunnel Joyce also attended Tuskegee Univer-

sity to master the craft of making goat milk soap

Today, E & J Farms is a thriving business known for its pepper jelly pepper sauce and famous goat milk soap Additionally Joyce is a founding member and the current treasurer of Southern Goat Cooperatives (SOGOCO), one of the Federation s premier cooperatives Joyce s commitment remains rooted in her love for her family her co-op and the land

graphic novel reimagining of her book “Parable of the Sower ” On social media the “#OctaviaKnew” trend captures the ominous ways her words resonate in the present on issues like climate change, inequality and politics Her ability, decades ago, to conjure how we live now gives Morris’ students a feeling of connection to Butler ’s work today In Parable of the Talents, published in 1998 and set in the 2020s, Butler introduces a conservative presidential candidate who urges voters to join him in a project to “make America great again ” The words on the page reverberated through Morris classroom as she taught the book during Trump s first presidency It s why many readers think Butler ’s work was nearly prophetic “Psychic? Maybe not ” Morris says “Prescient? Absolutely ” Morris uses the 1987 short story The Evening and the Morning and the Night about a community grappling with a fictional genetic disorder to talk to students about the marginalization of people with disabilities

Butler ’s 1984 short story “Bloodchild” pushes readers to rethink gender reproduction and family We re living in a moment that demonizes transness, Morris said But in ‘Bloodchild,’ men carry the babies It complicates our idea of what bodies are supposed to do ”

Butler ’s fiction never floated away from reality It confronted it And it continues to make readers question what they thought they understood Though often shelved as science fiction, Morris says Butler ’s work transcends the label and she instead classifies it as “speculative fiction ” Morris immersive portrait can at times feel like reading Butler s journal or listening to the innermost thoughts of a quiet and sometimes lonely person

“She lived a life of the mind ” Morris said Out of that life came work shaped by discipline imagination and a kind of beautiful obsession one that Morris hopes others might mirror in their own lives

“I hope that in this world that is often devoid of beauty ” Morris said “that other folks can see her example and find the beauty in their own kind of practice

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Local farmer, Kenneth Walker, shown above displaying cabbages and bell peppers The cabbage weighed 7 lbs 20 oz

--Statewide Amendment--

STATE OF ALABAMA

PROCLAMATION

BY THE GOVERNOR

WHEREAS the Alabama Legislature at its 2025 Regular Session enacted Act No 2025-227 (SB118) and Act No 2025291 (HB354) proposing amendments to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022; WHEREAS, in conformity with Section 284 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, as amended, the Legislature has ordered an election by the qualified electors of the state upon such proposed amendments; and

WHEREAS notice of this election, together with the proposed amendments, is required by law to be given by proclamation of the Governor which shall be published once a week for at least four successive weeks immediately preceding the day appointed for the election;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Kay Ivey, as Governor of the State of Alabama do hereby give notice direct and proclaim that on Tuesday May 19 2026 an election will be held in the State of Alabama in the manner and form provided by law upon the following proposed amendments to the Constitution of 2022 of the State of Alabama:

AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO

2025-227

Section 16

That all persons shall,

before conviction be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless charged with capital murder, as provided in Section 13A-5-40, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; murder as provided in Section 13A-6-2 Code of Alabama 1975 as amended or any solicitation attempt or conspiracy to commit murder; kidnapping in the first degree, as provided in Section 13A-6-43, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; rape in the first degree, as provided in Section 13A-661 Code of Alabama 1975 as amended; sodomy in the first degree as provided in Section 13A-6-63, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; sexual torture, as provided in Section 13A-665 1, Code of Alabama 1975 as amended; domestic violence in the first degree as provided in Section 13A-6-130 Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; human trafficking in the first degree, as provided in Section 13A-6152, Code of Alabama 1975 as amended; burglary in the first degree as provided in Section 13A-75 Code of Alabama 1975 as amended; arson in the first degree, as provided in Section 13A-7-41, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; robbery in the first degree, as provided in Section 13A-8-41 Code of Alabama 1975 as amended; terrorism as provided in subdivision (b)(2) of Section 13A-10152, Code of Alabama

1975 as amended; and aggravated child abuse, as provided in subsection (b) of Section 26-15-3 1, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended; and shooting or discharging a firearm explosive or other weapon into an occupied dwelling building railroad locomotive, railroad car, aircraft, automobile, truck, or watercraft, as provided in Section 13A-11-61(b); and that excessive bail shall not in any case be required AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ACT NO 2025-291

Section 160

(a) A district attorney for each judicial circuit shall be elected by the qualified electors of those counties in such the circuit Such The district attorney shall be licensed to practice law in this state and shall at the time of his or her election and during his or her continuance in office, shall reside in his or her circuit

His The term of office shall be for six years and he He or she shall receive such compensation as provided by law; provided the compensation shall not be diminished during his or her official term Vacancies in the office of district attorney and in his or her staff shall be filled as provided by law

(b) Clerks of the circuit courts shall be elected by the qualified electors in each county for a term of six years If the office of register in chancery contin-

Carolyn’s Tid Bits by Carolyn Young

A few more flowers on the pathway of life; And fewer graves at the end of the strife

- C Austin Miles, Be Kind Ephesians 4:32

Voting Right Act

Campbell continued, predicting a historic fight for justice at the ballot box: “While the Court has narrowed our ability to elect Black elected officials the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation and all those who believe in an inclusive democracy, were built for this moment The 2026 Mid-Term Election provides an opportunity for ‘we the people’ to elect candidates who will support expanding voting rights and fair representation for All Americans to be represented in our nation and history has taught us that when we unite, we win!”

This ruling has once again thrown into disarray the notion of settled law This development has infuriated and exasperated Black folks and their allies of all races across the country A deep reservoir of anger and rage has poured out on social media and other forums as those most affected by this outrage try to grasp what happened calculate its magnitude, and more importantly, fathom the implications and fallout

Headlines across the country declared what happened as a “death blow ” a “gutting ” “destruction ” and a right unceremoniously stripped away eroded dismantled, and weakened

Rights leaders are dismayed that 60 years of voting rights protections appear to sit in shambles, arbitrarily

ues to be provided by law

then the clerk of the circuit court may also fill such the office in a manner prescribed by law Vacancies in the office of clerk of the circuit court shall be filled by the judge or judges of the circuit court who have jurisdiction over the county in which the office of clerk of the circuit court is located

(c) Persons Individuals elected to the position of constable to assist the courts of the state as provided by law shall be subject to the same restrictions rights and limitations as are specified in section Section 280 of the Constitution of 1901 Alabama of 2022, and no law shall prohibit the receipt of fees for the performance of official duties of said the position while holding any other elected or appointed office

(d) The revenue from fines, forfeitures, and court costs produced in district courts from the exercise of jurisdiction under municipal ordinances shall be apportioned between the municipality and the state as shall be provided by law

FURTHER, I proclaim and direct that this proclamation shall be published once a week for the four successive weeks immediately preceding Tuesday May 19 2026 in every county as required by law 4/22 29 6 13

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pulled apart by six justices in Black robes; slick politicians in handsome suits; and countless others who joined the crusade to relentlessly pursue and weaponize the complete disassembling of a generation of blood-soaked Civil Rights gains and protections

The Rev Al Sharpton president of the National Action Network called the decision a “bullet in the heart of the voting rights movement

Today s ruling does not eliminate Section 2 entirely, but as Justice Elena Kagan wrote in her dissent, it renders the provision ‘“all but a dead letter ”’ he said

President Barack Obama joined the chorus of voices expressing disappointment and optimism “ It serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach, he said in a statement The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome ”

That will happen if citizens nationwide who cherish democratic ideals step up mobilization and vote in record numbers, Obama said Not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level ”

State of Alabama County of Greene

I, Rolonda M Wedgeworth, Judge of Probate in and for said State and County do hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge, the following list constiutes the Supplemental List of Qualified Electors for each district in Greene County, Alabama being the same records provided by and on file in the office of the Board of Registrars who will be entitled to voted at any election in said County during the year 2026 Done this 8th day of May 2026

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