Rev. Valtoria Jackson of the Alabama Poor People’s Campaign, speaking at the Alabama Arise news conference, said it is important not to consider the tax cut and spending plan as only a ...

The first Black mayor of a tiny Alabama town has overwhelmingly won election, four years after white residents locked him out of the town hall and refused to let him serve.

The Alabama Poor People’s Campaign is continuing the mission Dr. King started in the 1960s into 2025 by making sure everyone has the opportunity to be an informed voter.

Over the past four decades, as inequality has grown exponentially for all Americans, the number of poor and low-income white people—66 million in 2018—has swelled higher than any other ...