AL Secretary of State and candidate for U.S. Senate John Merrillrecently made some head-scratching and ridiculous comments at a Republican function saying, “[Americans] are preoccupied with homosexual activities” and “the wife swap shows.” Later, he doubled down on his absurd claim to AL.com saying, “The foundational principles which we have grown up as a nation […]

Americans long for what has been our image thus far: a strong, economically expanding America, resting on fairness and freedom, anchored to democracy and enriched by religious traditions. Unfortunately, some Americans can be lead to believe that this America, “their” America, is being “stolen” by undocumented immigrants and by radical minorities. Three consequences of this […]

Perhaps, the most fitting place to use the tired cliché of “kicking the can down the road” is in discussing Alabama’s urgent need for comprehensive prison reform. The state has known for many years that its prisons were overcrowded and understaffed. Further, it has perennially ignored the widespread abuse and neglect of prisoners in its […]