Commentary

By John Archibald This is an opinion column. A toast to progress. Here’s to the Alabama Senate, that on Thursday passed – 31 to zip – a bill to give inmates a chance to take part […]

By Rebecca Griesbach Vestavia Hills officials declined to answer questions Monday about where a local elementary school principal has been for the past semester. Lauren Dressback is still listed on Cahaba Heights Elementary’s website as the […]

By John Archibald This is an opinion column. In Alabama, justice isn’t blind. It’s forward looking. Forward to the next election. Judges – despite the robes and the gavels and the desperate air of infallibility – […]

by Roy S. Johnson This is an opinion column. 150. One hundred and fifty incarcerated men and women. One hundred and fifty incarcerated men and women sentenced to serving life without parole in a cage […]

Charles Kiplinger Dear Sen. Katie Britt, On behalf of the North Central Alabama Republican Assembly, I must say we are extremely disappointed in you for voting YES on the recent spending bill. Of our eight Republican […]

By John Archibald This is an opinion column. There’s some steamy stuff in Alabama’s bill to turn librarians into pornographers. Stuff I don’t want to say out loud. So I’ll let those Alabama lawmakers speak of […]

By Roy S. Johnson, member of the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist in Commentary This is an opinion column. What have they done? Besides make themselves proud. So […]