I’ve launched a project at AL.com about how Alabama treats its mothers, from healthcare to workplace discrimination to public policy and beyond. Follow along at […]
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‘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’s highest abortion rates are mostly in the Black Belt, where healthcare options are few
The flashing sign outside the Sumter County Health Department advertises family planning services every Wednesday. That means birth control and STD testing. It’s one of […]
Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award
I won a Sigma Delta Chi award for feature reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists. My winning story was about Alabama’s Dinosaur Adventure Land, a creationist […]
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 […]
Injections at men’s clinic caused irreversible damage, lawsuits claim
Michael Forkner, 51, walked into the exam room at the Alabama Men’s Clinic in Birmingham and sat down in front of an employee named Tony. […]
Part four-wheeler park, part evangelical church
Thunder rumbled overhead, immediately drowned out by the growl of a four-wheeler crashing through the Alabama backwoods. Kent Hovind roared into view atop an ATV, taking […]
Sexual misconduct by doctors
Dr. Michael Roy Sharpe’s official record is clean. There’s just one page in his public file at the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners, which notes that […]
Sacred Harp: An old Southern tradition bridges new cultural divides
It can be disorienting at first, if you’re not used to hearing it. It’s loud, for one. And wild, and raw. It’s rarely sweet. Raucous voices […]
Reckon women tackle 1970s fashion advice
“Burn your polyester pants suit, not your bra.”