American Shrapnel, a new podcast from Alabama Media Group, begins with the largest pipe bomb the feds had ever seen and ends with the nation's largest manhunt of the 20th century. And that's just scra...

In the wake of the Texas floods and ongoing cuts to NOAA and NWS, we need a National Weather Safety Board

Rising starvation in Gaza may have a number of factors. But Israel's wartime policies on humanitarian aid are inarguably among them.

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Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida

Birmingham technology entrepreneur launches community initiative to help families prepare for Alabama’s classroom cell phone ban.

Over 30,000 poll responses compiled by Civiqs shows Trump’s approval rating declining in states he won in November 2024.

The 92-page report, “‘You Feel Like Your Life is Over’: Abusive Practices at Three Florida Immigration Detention Centers Since January 2025,” documents that people detained at Krome North Service Proc...

I was at the GOP convention near the rafters when Trump gave his speech, and I remember being grabbed by the opening lines.

America can survive the Trump regime—but only if we stop pretending like this is politics as usual. It’s authoritarianism in motion.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche attacked the claims as "falsehoods," but many of the fired longtime DOJ lawyer's allegations are already backed up by public facts.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.

The takeover returns St. Louis to a Civil War-era arrangement of state control. A local official calls the move "a clear gesture of white men wanting to control urban areas."

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Nearly 30 percent of players in Major League Baseball are immigrants. One might expect more efforts to protect this workforce.

All states except Alaska have at least one provider tax. A significant proportion of the revenue the taxes generate goes toward supporting rural hospitals.

If the United States bans citizens from a quarter of the world’s countries from entering, a boycott of the 2026 World Cup games in the U.S. might be in order.