In late summer, a small band of midwives gathered beneath Montgomery, Ala.’s towering Mothers of Gynecology monument and a sky that threatened rain. The monument’s […]
Category: Justice
One of Alabama’s few abortion providers is also working to open the state’s first birth center
The morning after the leak of a U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade, Dr. Yashica Robinson woke up, opened her eyes and […]
Police use questionable claims of antifa, looting to justify tear gassing protesters
The threat of antifa and a claim of $12 million in damage to an Alabama Power office building during a Birmingham protest were among the […]
Teens tried to catch a predator and caught a teacher
It wasn’t going to be an average Saturday night at the Calhoun County Walmart. Three 18-year-old vigilantes, best friends since grade school, staked out a […]
Authorities heard sexual misconduct claims against doctor for more than a decade
Brenda just wanted out of the exam room. Her physician, Dr. Michael Dick, had put his hands on her face, her shoulders, her thighs. He’d […]
‘One of the worst abusers’: An Alabama case highlights the state’s physical child abuse problem
Serenity Renfroe, not quite 2, spilled her cereal. It scattered across the floor of the little house on Rail Splitter Road where Serenity lived with […]
Alabama doctor recruited prostitutes as patients, feds say
Around dinner time on November 15, 2018, Huntsville police arrived at a quiet cul-de-sac in Hampton Cove to find a 20-year-old woman, scantily clad, who […]
Paddling is legal, but teachers still get arrested for it
In 2015, the assistant principal at Escambia County Middle School was indicted for child abuse after paddling a fifth-grader. The boy had been disruptive during […]
Moore accuser Tina Johnson tells her story to AL.com
A Gadsden woman says Roy Moore grabbed her while she was in his law office in the 1990s. Read the full story on AL.com.
Gadsden locals discuss Roy Moore’s behavior at mall, restaurants
Shortly after The Washington Post first reported that Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore was accused of inappropriate behavior, I spoke with Gadsden residents about their […]