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Voting Mattered in 1979, But It Matters Even More Today!
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 4, 2024 I ran across my old campaign brochure from when I ran for City Council...
Donald V. Watkins
Mar 4, 20242 min read
C.R. Patterson & Sons: America’s First and Only Black-Owned Car, Truck, and Bus Manufacturing Company
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 3, 2024 Charles Richard (C.R.) Patterson (1833-1910). was an American...
Donald V. Watkins
Mar 3, 20243 min read
Alabama Democratic Party May Boot Two Republican-Funded Candidates from the Race in Newly-Created Black Congressional District
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 2, 2024 BREAKING NEWS ---- Things are heating up in the race to fill the...
Donald V. Watkins
Mar 2, 20241 min read
Trump Leads Biden by 5 Points in New NYT National Poll
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 2, 2024 Former president Donald Trump leads President Joe Biden by five points...
Donald V. Watkins
Mar 2, 20241 min read
The Scientific Case for the Existence of God
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on March 1, 2024 An Editorial Opinion After reading an October 29, 2021 article written...
Donald V. Watkins
Mar 1, 20248 min read
Who Represents the Political and Financial Interests of Blacks in Alabama? Absolutely Nobody!
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 29, 2024 An Editorial Opinion There are 33 Black lawmakers in the 140-seat...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 29, 20242 min read
Clarence Thomas is the First and Only “Uncle Tom” in American History to Make it All the Way to “Jackanapes” Status
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 28, 2024 An Editorial Opinion The word "jackanapes" is a colloquial term for...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 28, 20242 min read
Winning Criminal Cases Where Losing is Not an Acceptable Option
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on October 15, 2013 (via Facebook); Updated on February 27, 2024 An Editorial Opinion...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 27, 20246 min read
Crystal Clanton, Clarence Thomas’ New Law Clerk, Sent This Racist Text to Her Co-Worker: “I HATE BLACK PEOPLE. Like Fuck Them All . . . I Hate Blacks. End of Story.”
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 26, 2024 An Editorial Opinion Over the weekend, the New York Times and Vanity...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 26, 20244 min read
District Attorney Fani T. Willis and Lover Nathan J. Wade are in Big Trouble
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 24, 2024; Updated at 7:24 P.M. EST An Editorial Opinion The RICO and election...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 24, 20243 min read
Alabama Supreme Court Has the Power to Immediately Correct Its Erroneous Frozen Embryo Ruling
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 24, 2024 An Editorial Opinion On February 16, 2024, the Alabama Supreme Court...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 24, 20242 min read
Must Frozen Embryos Be Counted as “Children” on Census Forms, Tax Returns, and Healthcare Policies?
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 23, 2024 An Editorial Opinion Occam's razor (or Ockham's razor) is a...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 23, 20244 min read
Sentenced to 218 Years in an Alabama Prison: The Incredible Story of Elizabeth “Lizzy” Williams
By: Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Originally Published (via Facebook) on April 26, 2014; Updated and Republished on February 19,...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 21, 20243 min read
Stanley Gamble v. U-Haul: The Start of $4 Million Personal Injury Verdicts in Alabama
By: Donald V. Watkins February 21, 2024 Thirty-nine years ago, three Black lawyers achieved something in Montgomery, Alabama that had...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 21, 20243 min read
Judge Joe Brown Assesses Fani Willis’ Potential Legal Jeopardy
By: Donald V. Watkins February 20, 2024 An Editorial Opinion Judge Joe Brown is a seasoned trial lawyer. He is also a former Shelby...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 20, 20243 min read
Regressive Whites Have Won the War Against the Voting Rights Act on All Fronts
By: Donald V. Watkins February 19, 2024 An Editorial Opinion From the day the Voting Rights Act was signed into law in 1965, regressive...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 19, 20244 min read
The Death of Alexei Navalny: U.S. Hypocrisy on Steroids
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 18, 2024 An Editorial Opinion Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 18, 20242 min read
Fani Willis-Nathan Wade Illicit Love Affair Damaged Georgia RICO Case Against Donald Trump
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 17, 2024 An Editorial Opinion Last week, viewers around the nation were glued...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 17, 20244 min read
Ashleigh Merchant: The Lawyer Who Turned Fani Willis’ RICO Case Against Donald Trump on Its Head
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 14, 2024 An Editorial Opinion Prior to Donald Trump’s RICO indictment in...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 14, 20244 min read
The "Negro National Anthem" is Sacred to Me
By: Donald V. Watkins Copyrighted and Published on February 14, 2024 An Editorial Opinion On Sunday, Grammy winner Andra Day sang the...
Donald V. Watkins
Feb 14, 20245 min read
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