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April 4, 2017
PodcastJo Livingstone
With S-Town, Podcasts Come of Age
The series, from the creators of 'Serial,' begins as a murder investigation, before broadening into a meta-investigation of its own genre.
February 10, 2017
Joe Miller
The Shady Ascension of Luther Strange
Jeff Sessions’s successor rides into the Senate leaving a cloud of controversy back in Alabama.
September 30, 2016
Sarah Jones
The Loud Rise and Quiet Fall of Roy Moore
Has the suspended Alabama chief justice lost the support of the religious right?
June 17, 2016
Joe Miller
Beyond Mike Hubbard: How Deep Does Corruption in Alabama Go?
The state speaker has been convicted on 12 felony counts. But his trial only scratched surface.
June 6, 2016
Joe Miller
The Most Shameless Sex Scandal in American Politics
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's extramarital shenanigans are an exquisite blend of moral hypocrisy and political corruption.
May 31, 2016
Joe Miller
Mike Hubbard Had 100,000 Reasons to Sell Alabama Out
The corruption trial of the Alabama speaker has showcased his insatiable hunger for cash.
May 23, 2016
Joe Miller
How a Corrupt GOP Is Running Alabama Into the Ground
The trial of Mike Hubbard sheds light not only on endemic graft in the state, but on the many ways the government hurts voters.
May 16, 2016
Joe Miller
Is Mike Hubbard the Most Corrupt Politician in America?
The speaker of the Alabama House goes on trial this month, in a case that offers a lurid glimpse into the state’s machine politics.
March 2, 2016
Steven Cohen
Donald Trump’s march through the South continues with Tennessee and Alabama.
February 29, 2016
Steven Cohen
For many southern states, Super Tuesday will be a voter suppression test drive.
January 12, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Alabama police chief who shot Cameron Massey in 2013 also shot an unarmed black man 30 years earlier.
January 12, 2016
Alex Shephard
A perfectly executed onside kick may have turned the tide for Alabama, but Clemson only has itself to blame for its College Football National Championship loss.
December 2, 2015
Steven Cohen
For years, white supremacists in the Dothan, Alabama, police department allegedly planted drugs and guns on black people.
March 10, 2015
Jamil Smith
What Was Being Sold in Selma
Honoring civil rights legends and hawking political agendas
February 5, 2015
Cristian Farias
Alabama's Top Judge Has Gone Rogue on Gay Marriage. Only the Supreme Court Can Stop Him.
November 9, 2014
Jason Zengerle
The Death of the Southern White Democrat Hurts African-Americans the Most
October 10, 2014
Nina Martin
This Alabama Judge Has Figured Out How to Dismantle Roe v. Wade
Tom Parker's writings fuel the biggest threat to abortion rights in a generation
August 10, 2014
Jason Zengerle
The New Racism
This is how the civil rights movement ends
April 7, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Mississippi's Sex-Ed Classes Teach Kids That Homosexuality Is Illegal, Even Though It Isn't
November 4, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Business Donors Were for Tea Party Challengers Before They Were Against Them

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