Alabama

New Anti-Immigrant Law Sinks Alabama Into Deeper Morass

Jon Blazer | Posted 05.24.2012

Jon Blazer

How long does it take to flip flop and buckle under pressure from Tea Partiers? About a day, if you're Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley.

John Rudolf

Inmates At Alabama Women's Prison Sexually Abused By Guards, Report Says

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 05.22.2012

Corrections officers at the only women's prison in Alabama regularly sexually harass, abuse and even rape female inmates with few consequences, accord...

WATCH: Colbert Report Takes On Immigration

Posted 05.21.2012

This week's "The Colbert Report" took on immigration as one of the five hot button issues. Colbert blamed Alabama's controversial immigration bill, wh...

Appeals Court Upholds Key Voting Rights Provision

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.18.2012

WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, rejecting an Alabama county's challenge to the landma...

Feds: Fake Justin Bieber Was Real Sexual Predator

Posted 05.17.2012

Federal authorities have indicted a Florida man for posing as Justin Bieber online, promising young girls backstage passes and free tickets in exchang...

Buddhist Monk Accused In Alabama Temple Killing

The Huffington Post | Samreen Hooda | Posted 05.14.2012

A Buddhist monk has been charged with beating to death the head monk of his temple. According to NBC-affiliate WTVA, Vern Phdsamay, 32, was arrest...

Half-Brother Charged With Murder In 9-Year-Old's Hanging Death

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 05.11.2012

RAGLAND, Ala. — When 9-year-old Katelynn Arnold didn't appear right away after one of her frequent bicycle rides along her rural Alabama road, h...

Understanding Civility in Civil Disobedience

Pamela H. Long | Posted 05.10.2012

Pamela H. Long

Am I aiding and abetting, harboring and transporting? Lord, I hope so. I'm taking Matthew 25: 34-40 seriously. When meeting the physical and social needs of the "least of these" becomes an act of civil disobedience, I must disobey.

Bo Jackson Raises More Than $413,000 For Tornado Victims On Alabama Charity Ride

AP | Posted 05.06.2012

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Bo Jackson's 300-mile bike ride across Alabama ended Saturday in Tuscaloosa, with the Heisman Trophy winner having raised more tha...

GOP Politician's Sperm Obsession Takes Him Across The World, Wife Claims

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 05.05.2012

Back in 2010, conservative politician Bill Johnson (R-Ala.) was focused on running for the governor. Two years later, his wife claims he is moving to ...

Court Weighs New Gulf Drilling Plans

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 05.02.2012

ATLANTA -- Environmental groups urged an appeals court on Wednesday to block Shell from drilling 10 new deep-water wells off Alabama's coast, arguing ...

Elise Foley

Alabama Immigration Debate Moves To Mexican Government

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.30.2012

WASHINGTON -- The Service Employees International Union continued its fight against Alabama immigration law HB 56 on Monday by filing a complaint with...

Alabama Campus Lockdown Lifted Hours After Armed Robbery

AP | Posted 04.29.2012

MOBILE, Ala. -- The University of South Alabama on Sunday night lifted a campus lockdown that it had imposed following an armed robbery at a college d...

Tornado Threatening? Seek Shelter Immediately -- and Don't Use Your Head

Dorian de Wind | Posted 04.27.2012

Dorian de Wind

Living in the southern edge of "Tornado Alley," I take these "weather phenomena" seriously and anytime a tornado watch is declared for our area, we keep a close eye on the Weather Channel -- and on those dark, threatening clouds.

Facts? Or Factors

Pamela H. Long | Posted 04.25.2012

Pamela H. Long

I've had hundreds of conversations with people all over the political spectrum about the immigration "problem." What I see is that people make their decisions to support HB56 or to fight against it on several factors, but not on facts.

Legendary Athletes Bike Through Alabama To Raise $1 Million For Tornado Relief

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 04.24.2012

HENAGAR, Ala. -- Pedaling past tornado-tossed homes and broken trees, Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson and about 100 bicyclists started a five-day, 30...

Mike Sacks

Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law Arriving At Supreme Court This Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 04.22.2012

WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the federal government's challenge to the Grand Canyon state's contro...

Obama Hosts BCS Champions

AP | Posted 04.19.2012

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is playing host to the national champion University of Alabama Crimson Tide football t...

When Does "Pro-Life" Equal "Pro-Imprisonment"?

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 04.18.2012

Lynn M. Paltrow

The Liberty Counsel has established that the "pro-life" position is "pro-punishment," not just for doctors who perform abortions, but also for pregnant women who have no intention of ending their pregnancies and go to term.

Meth Lab Found In Walmart Bathroom

Posted 04.12.2012

Somebody left behind a surprise in the bathroom at Walmart. A custodial employee working on Saturday found a "shake-and-bake" meth lab in the women...

Immigrants Gained Jobs Faster Than U.S.-Born In States With Tough Anti-Immigration Laws

Posted 04.11.2012

Despite being hit particularly hard by the recession, immigrants are experiencing faster job growth than native-born Americans in Alabama, Georgia and...

WATCH: Invasive Clams And A Hand-Made Fire

Daniel Klein | Posted 04.10.2012

Daniel Klein

In the event of a nuclear disaster, zombies taking over the planet, or industrial food collapse -- the subject of our latest film is who you'd want to be friends with.

We Can Defeat Alabama's State Hate Laws

Judith Browne Dianis | Posted 04.03.2012

Judith Browne Dianis

It is clear that the Alabama law is accomplishing its goal of, as one of its sponsors stated, making life "unbearable" for immigrants.

Daimler Should Speak Up So Alabama Will Stand Down

Fred Redmond | Posted 04.04.2012

Fred Redmond

Daimler can say loudly to the lawmakers of Alabama that it will not stand for a repetition of history and it will not tolerate discrimination in the workplace. In doing so, the company will show that when it says it supports global, human and workers' rights, it means it.

Personhood Measures in Disguise

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 04.03.2012

Lynn M. Paltrow

While people in Mississippi were considering Proposition 26 and deciding whether fertilized eggs and embryos would be treated as entirely separate legal persons, a prosecutor and courts were addressing the same question behind the scenes, where voters have no role or voice.