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Voting Rights Case Started in Mobile Comes Full Circle

In 1975, three young lawyers in Mobile, Alabama filed a lawsuit that went all the way to the Supreme Court, reshaped the Voting Rights Act, and produced a legal framework used to protect minority voters for over forty years. Last month, the Supreme Court dismantled that framework...

By M. I. Reynolds • May 24, 2026

COMMUNITY

Downtown Mobile's BID Promises Revitalization

Downtown Mobile has been experiencing a revitalization the last several years. According to city leaders, a lot of that renewal has been due to efforts made by the Downtown Mobile Alliance (DMA), the city's local Business Improvement District (BID) organization...

By M. I. Reynolds • May 17, 2026

TECHNOLOGY

Power substation in residential neighborhood

Grid Watchdog Issues Warning Amid Data Center Boom

The federal agency responsible for protecting North America’s electric grid issued its most urgent warning in years last month, citing a pattern of dangerous instability caused by the explosive growth of data centers. The utility that serves Mobile is among those required to respond...

By M. I. Reynolds

ART

Sonny Rollins Never Stopped Searching

Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins was born September 7, 1930, in a tenement house on 137th Street between Lenox and Seventh Avenue in Harlem, New York City. From his early days as a prodigy to his constant experimentation with free jazz, Rollins was revered for his improvisational skill and bold, distinctive tone. He was one of the last living greats of the bebop era...

By M. I. Reynolds

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