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    Support Alabama bill to increase the period when a sexual abuse survivor can sue
    Meredith Cummings
    • Feb 20
    • 5 min

    Support Alabama bill to increase the period when a sexual abuse survivor can sue

    This originally appeared on al.com Feb. 18, 2022 If you have been, or are, experiencing sexual assault, contact Rainn or Darkness to...
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    With better gun laws, fewer people die.
    Meredith Cummings
    • Jan 27
    • 3 min

    With better gun laws, fewer people die.

    This originally appeared on al.com Jan. 25, 2022 A brain teaser book I pull out at small gatherings has a question that asks, “If you...
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    A message for Lee County from a Tuscaloosa survivor: You will be brave after the storm
    Meredith Cummings
    • May 26, 2019
    • 5 min

    A message for Lee County from a Tuscaloosa survivor: You will be brave after the storm

    This originally appeared March 6, 2019 on al.com Lee County, I will tell you what I wrote in the diary I keep for my daughter. I have...
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    Champion Tree deeply rooted in winning tradition
    Meredith Cummings
    • Jan 29, 2019
    • 3 min

    Champion Tree deeply rooted in winning tradition

    This originally appeared Jan. 7, 2019 on al.com as the University of Alabama headed to the National Championship playoff in football....
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    The Alabama Mothers We Lost in 2018
    Meredith Cummings
    • Jan 29, 2019
    • 4 min

    The Alabama Mothers We Lost in 2018

    This article originally appeared Jan. 3, 2019 on al.com If anyone wants to know what it feels like to bleed to death, they can ask me. It...
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    What it's like to lose a loved one to gun violence
    Meredith Cummings
    • Oct 3, 2017
    • 3 min

    What it's like to lose a loved one to gun violence

    This article was originally posted on October 2, 2017 on al.com. I peered over my grandfather's casket, trying desperately to see - and...
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    What's it like to graduate at 75? Ask my dad.
    Meredith Cummings
    • May 7, 2017
    • 4 min

    What's it like to graduate at 75? Ask my dad.

    This article was originally posted on May 6, 2017 on al.com. Let me put this in perspective for you. When my dad started classes at The...
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    After six years, it's still hard to feel normal today
    Meredith Cummings
    • Apr 29, 2017
    • 4 min

    After six years, it's still hard to feel normal today

    This article was originally posted on April 28, 2017 on al.com. Those of us who feel normal, don't today. Those of us who go about our...
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    Do better Alabama: It’s time to operate in the sunshine and not in the shadows.
    Meredith Cummings
    • Mar 20, 2016
    • 3 min

    Do better Alabama: It’s time to operate in the sunshine and not in the shadows.

    This article was published in March 19, 2016 on Medium.com as well as other Alabama publications. I was a 20-year-old cub reporter at The...
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    Gov. Ivey has betrayed all women of Alabama
    Meredith Cummings
    • Mar 1, 2016
    • 3 min

    Gov. Ivey has betrayed all women of Alabama

    This article was originally posted on November 20, 2017 on al.com. A lot has been written nationally and locally about Alabama Governor...
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    Why having a baby almost killed me: My postpartum nightmare
    Meredith Cummings
    • Jan 28, 2016
    • 4 min

    Why having a baby almost killed me: My postpartum nightmare

    This article was originally posted on November 20, 2017 on al.com. Let me tell you about the time my mind turned on itself and my brain...
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    Here's to you, YouTube
    Meredith Cummings
    • Dec 16, 2015
    • 3 min

    Here's to you, YouTube

    This article was originally published on December 15, 2015 on Quill, a magazine by the Society of Professional Journalists. Educators...
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    EPIC Success Story: How one radical idea in education became a long-term success story.
    Meredith Cummings
    • Aug 10, 2013
    • 4 min

    EPIC Success Story: How one radical idea in education became a long-term success story.

    This originally appeared in Birmingham magazine and on al.com Even then, we knew it was special. It was January 1980 and our new school...
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    Dear friends in Oklahoma: Hope will find you
    Meredith Cummings
    • May 23, 2013
    • 4 min

    Dear friends in Oklahoma: Hope will find you

    This article was originally posted on May 22, 2013 on The Christian Science Monitor. To the Oklahoma community of Moore. In Tuscaloosa,...
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