Lawmakers say they are seeking to improve infrastructure and access to healthcare, education, and economic opportunities.

BLACK BELT BIRDING FESTIVAL will take place on Aug. 1, 2 and 3. Highlighting the birds, history, and heritage of Alabama’s Black Belt region, the festival brings together the joy of birding with the ...

The term ‘Black Belt’ in the US, particularly referring to the region in the South, is rooted in historical racism due to its association with the high concentration of enslaved Africans and ...

Currently, at least 30,000 homes have failing systems in the Black Belt region. After years of dealing with unsanitary wastewater conditions in and outside of their homes, some residents in the ...

It's terrible," she says. This is Lowndes County, in the heart of what's known as the Black Belt - a rural, agricultural region in west Alabama named for its rich Black soil, and which also has a ...

The medical debt nonprofit RIP Medical Debt will be abolishing medical debt for thousands in Alabama’s Black Belt region thanks to a partnership made possible by former Gov. Don Siegelman (D).

From ancient seas to fertile soils, evolutionary biologist Shane Campbell-Staton explores the remarkable journey that transformed the Cretaceous coastline into the fertile “Black Belt” region ...

Yet, in a region with a high water table and intense ... coli and fecal coliform throughout the Black Belt, in wells and in public waters. A United Nations rapporteur on extreme poverty, visiting ...

The Transformative Fiber Infrastructure Project will create a high-speed fiber optic network to provide affordable, and reliable, internet to a portion of Alabama's Black Belt region. The project ...

Situated along the Georgia border, Barbour County is on the eastern end of Alabama’s Black Belt, a region named for its rich, dark soil. While the region is economically the poorest in the state ...