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Sean of the South: A walk with my dog

My dog, Marigold, and I have been walking a lot lately. It’s not easy, walking. We have very few “good walks” inasmuch as walking in a straight line is impossible when you can’t see.

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Laura Clark: Abuse, the exception to parental rights

Giving what is now known as “gender affirming care” to minors is as harmful as chopping their arm off because you found a freckle that you are convinced will one day be cancer.

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Tuskegee youth facility dubbed ‘House of Horrors’ in latest lawsuit

Brighter Path Tuskegee, previously known as Sequel Tuskegee, is facing yet another lawsuit claiming abuse at the youth facility.

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DHR commissioner Nancy Buckner, State Education Superintendent Eric Mackey named in lawsuits against youth residential facilities

Alabama Department of Human Resources commissioner Nancy Buckner and Alabama Department of Education Superintendent Eric Mackey were recently named in several lawsuits claiming violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act in residential treatment facilities.

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Tuskegee youth care facility hit with another lawsuit over abuse claims — 'He and other residents were treated worse than animals'

 A lawsuit was filed Thursday in Macon County Circuit Court against Brighter Path Tuskegee, previously known as Sequel Tuskegee, its executive director, and other individuals, bringing allegations of continued physical abuse and neglect of a 15-year-old boy at the youth residential facility.