Civic Engagement

Fifteen Years of Power, Shrinking Civil-Rights

The larger trajectory of 15 years of GOP rule of Alabama has been expanding state power and narrowing individual freedoms By John Sloan, Baldwin County Democrats Interim Chair

4 days ago1 min read

A Democratic Party Divided? What the National Debate Means for Baldwin County

By: John Sloan, Baldwin County Democrats Interim Chair

Aug 241 min read

The Quadrennial Reorganization of the State Democratic Executive Committee: What’s in it for Us?

By: John Sloan, Baldwin Democrats Interim Chair

Aug 101 min read

The GOP’s Fifty-Year Effort to Create an American Autocracy

By John Sloan, Interim Chair Baldwin County Democrats

Aug 31 min read

BUILDING THE MOVEMENT: WHAT’S NEXT?

Easy to follow checklist for everyone

Jul 202 min read

Small Contributions. Big Possibilities.

By John Sloan, Interim Chair Baldwin County Democrats

Jul 121 min read

A Supreme Court Term That Shifted Power Upward

By John Sloan, Interim Chair Baldwin County Democrats

Jul 61 min read

Tommy Tuberville Wants to Govern Alabama—but Does Alabama Really Know Tommy Tuberville?

caricature of Tommy Tuberville from the balcony of his Florida home

Jun 291 min read

Voter casting their ballot on election day with the text Show Up. Vote.

Showing Up Is Job #1 for Democrats

By John Sloan, Interim Chair Baldwin County Democrats Last Tuesday night, I sat in the Baldwin County elections headquarters in Bay Minette and watched the returns come in from the primary runoff. I wish I could say I felt encouraged. Across 63 precincts, only 1,202 Democratic ballots were cast in the U.S. Senate runoff. Let that sit for a moment: in a county with more than 210,000 registered voters, the Democrats who showed up to help choose our party’s Senate nominee woul

Jun 214 min read