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Has Sherman Industries Hoodwinked Woodfin?
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 26, 2019 Yesterday, we stood in the 101-degree sweltering heat in front of 3240...

Donald V. Watkins
May 26, 20195 min read


George Wallace Never Trusted Them
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 23, 2019 When George Wallace entered the governor’s office for his second term in...

Donald V. Watkins
May 23, 20194 min read


Randall Woodfin: One Last Secret
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 22, 2019 Yesterday, I published an article titled, “Thank you, Alabama Power...

Donald V. Watkins
May 22, 20194 min read


Thank You, Alabama Power Company
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 21, 2019 Sherman Industries signaled today that it may not move its downtown...

Donald V. Watkins
May 21, 20192 min read


Why Randall Woodfin Will Not Fight Sherman Industries
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 19, 2019 Residents of the predominantly black Five Points West community of...

Donald V. Watkins
May 19, 201910 min read


Uncovering the Naked Truth About Woodfin’s Deal With Sherman Industries
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 16, 2019 Very few things in life shock me. The complicity of a millennial black...

Donald V. Watkins
May 16, 20194 min read


Woodfin Surrenders Five Points West to Sherman Industries Without a Fight
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 14, 2019 On Monday night, Birmingham, Alabama mayor Randall Woodfin announced at a...

Donald V. Watkins
May 14, 20194 min read


Betrayed: The Death of a Community from Dangerous Pollutants
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 11, 2019 In 2014, nearly 100,000 residents of Flint, Michigan were exposed to...

Donald V. Watkins
May 11, 20197 min read


Pine Street Strategies: What Are We Getting for the Money?
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 10, 2019 On October 3, 2017, Randall Woodfin soundly defeated incumbent William...

Donald V. Watkins
May 10, 20195 min read


Death and Doom: The Saga of Sherman Industries and the HeidelbergCement Group
On January 24, 2019, Sherman Industries presented its relocation plan to Birmingham, Alabama Mayor Randall Woodfin’s Department of Planning, Engineering, and Permits (PEP). Woodfin, who is a first term mayor, blessed the plan without doing his homework on Sherman Industries and its global parent company, the HeidelbergCement Group. During World War II, the HeidelbergCement Group and other German cement companies became a vital part of the Nazis’ war and death machine.

Donald V. Watkins
May 9, 20197 min read


Concrete Plant Relocation Plan Moving Forward
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 8, 2019 Sherman Industries has not withdrawn its application for an Air Permit...

Donald V. Watkins
May 8, 20192 min read


Woodfin Reverses Course; Now Opposes Toxic Concrete Plant Relocation Plan
Breaking News--- By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 7, 2019 Four months after learning about Sherman Industries plan...

Donald V. Watkins
May 7, 20193 min read


Randall Woodfin: A Case Study in Selling Out a Neighborhood to a Known Polluter
An Exclusive Investigative Report By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 6, 2019 On October 3, 2017, Randall Woodfin won...

Donald V. Watkins
May 6, 20196 min read


How Valerie Abbott Killed MLB’s Youth Baseball Academy in Birmingham
An Exclusive Investigative Report By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 6, 2019 Beginning on April 18, 2019, I published...

Donald V. Watkins
May 6, 20194 min read


Woodfin Blessed Plan to Relocate Toxic Concrete Facility to Black Neighborhood
Exclusive Investigative Report By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 4, 2019 I watched the May 1, 2019 video of...

Donald V. Watkins
May 4, 20195 min read


Boeing’s “Fix” for a Flying Death Trap
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 17, 2019 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working with Boeing to...

Donald V. Watkins
Apr 17, 20194 min read


There is No “Fix” for 737 MAX Airplanes
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 16, 2019 Despite the Boeing Company’s crisis management spin in the aftermath of...

Donald V. Watkins
Apr 16, 20192 min read


The Uncomfortable Truth About America’s Immigration Laws
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 15, 2019 Many people are offended by the notion that President Donald J. Trump's...

Donald V. Watkins
Apr 15, 20197 min read


Chicago Welcomes Detained Migrants
By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 13, 2019 On Friday, Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot shocked the nation by...

Donald V. Watkins
Apr 13, 20195 min read


Boeing in an Uncontrollable Tailspin
A Special Investigative Report By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 4, 2019; Updated at 8 a.m. EST On April 26, 2017,...

Donald V. Watkins
Apr 4, 20196 min read
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