Olive branch or just throwing a bone?
ALDOT makes small changes to controversial freeway plans; residents want more.
The spirits too willing, the flesh too weak
From detox to the D-list, alcoholism still demands our attention.
Southern flicks
Alabama natives premiere film at Tribeca Film Festival.
Everything that rises must converge
Looking for leaders who care.
Thinking of home
Female soldier finds danger, poverty, homesickness in Afghanistan.
ALDOT schedules “informal meeting” about controversial plan
Highway department meeting brings freeway proposal together with those who oppose it.
Plagiarism in Scouting?
Letter to Al.com nearly duplicates letter to Quad-City Times.
Jefferson County doctors take Commission to task
Press release calls Cooper Green plan “abject failure.”
A history of places
Everywhere you go has a story.
Here’s what’s Happenin
The slow, steady rise of Happenin Records.
Birmingham lawyer shoots to the top
Birmingham native Jim Porter II is set to become the new president of the NRA.
A poet named Pug
Cogent colloquy with America’s next great singer-songwriter.
Kathie Hiers talks change
CEO of AIDS Alabama discusses education and reform.
A legacy of education
Mike Froning was a longtime advocate for better schools in Birmingham.
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with an icon
Former WSGN news director shares exclusive 1967 interview with King after his second stint in Birmingham City Jail.