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/PRNewswire/ -- A new website and interactive mapping tool released today by the Southern Environmental Law Center will allow citizens, activists and...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Feb. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new website and interactive mapping tool released today by the Southern Environmental Law Cen...

With a river on three sides and an earthen dam vulnerable to hurricanes on the fourth side, an Alabama coal-fired power plant risks a toxic coal ash spill.

What to watch Monday, February 7: ‘March’ on the CW; Winter Olympics on NBC and USA; ‘Twenties’ on Showtime; ‘Clotilda: Last American Slave Ship’

Explorer Tara Roberts took up diving to learn about the human side of a tragic era. She wound up connecting with her family’s inspiring past.

TV highlights for Feb. 6-12 include “The Tuck Rule” on ESPN’s “30 for 30,” the Winter Olympics and the true-crime series “Inventing Anna” on Netflix

The Navy commissioned USS Savannah (LCS-28) on Saturday in Brunswick, Ga., the sea service announced. The ship is the 14th Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship to enter the fleet, according to a news release from the Navy. It is the sixth ship to bear the name Savannah. The ship was delivered to the Navy by Austal […]

With eloquent prose and a controlled, if sometimes nearly incredulous tone, Ben Raines tells the story of the Clotildas last voyage.

History exists beyond what is written. In the new documentary, “Descendant,” the residents of Africatown, which is located in Mobile, Alabama, have shared stories about their African origins for generations, and for a large chunk of time — only amongst themselves — because this community was founded by enslaved ancestors who were transported in 1860 aboard the last known and illegal slave ship, The Clotilda.

Did you know 110 men and women were illegally shipped out of their homeland in 1860 and forced into labor after landing in Mobile, Alabama? Did you know that within three years after...