Month: July 2026

She adds that she had always “hated” the surname she inherited from her father, which included a profanity that she was teased for at school. “I didn’t want to be associated with it,” she says. Changing her surname to match her mother’s felt like a relief and Maggie says she now feels “more like myself”. […]

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says efforts by Republicans in the state to pry power from Democrats are partisan political battles, and not motivated by race. “I don’t believe that there’s been a direct targeted history… in a way that suppresses minority voter participation,” he adds. He points out that Democrats have redrawn the maps […]