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Editorial illustration of Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon Johnson above Alabama’s new State House, symbolizing leadership through political division.

Featured Opinion

Opinion | When leadership means saying no to your own side

Lincoln, Eisenhower and Johnson show how leaders can manage factions without surrendering the coalition’s ability to govern effectively under pressure.

Bill BrittAugust 11, 2026

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Featured Opinion

Opinion | When the majority becomes its own opposition

After 16 years of dominance, Alabama Republicans increasingly face their greatest governing obstacle from forces operating within their own party.

Bill BrittAugust 10, 2026

Editorial illustration of a lone citizen standing between towering corporate structures and a classical government column, facing the distant U.S. Capitol.

Featured Opinion

Opinion | Why democratic socialism is gaining—and what America risks

Democratic socialism challenges capitalism, but America must answer its appeal without confusing fellow citizens with enemies or ignoring economic failures.

Bill BrittAugust 5, 2026

A stylized editorial illustration shows a lone dark figure standing on a red silhouette of Alabama inside a faint circular seal, with a long shadow stretching toward the Alabama Capitol in the distance.

Elections

Opinion | A message to Alabama’s next governor

Alabama’s next governor will inherit great power, but character will determine whether that responsibility enlarges or diminishes the person elected.

Bill BrittAugust 3, 2026

Editorial collage showing a border fence beside empty medical scrubs and work shoes, a construction hard hat, farm basket and gloves, and welding gear, symbolizing U.S. immigration and workforce shortages.

Featured Opinion

Opinion | Washington has kept immigration broken. Now America needs workers

Washington spent decades exploiting immigration politically. Now an aging workforce may force the country to build a system that works.

Bill BrittJuly 29, 2026

Elections

Jones lays out governing agenda, calls for one-year data center pause

Democratic nominee Doug Jones proposes Medicaid expansion, citizen ballot initiatives, ethics reforms and a one-year pause on new data centers.

Bill BrittJuly 27, 2026

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Featured Opinion

Opinion | The Scopes warning never ended

A century after Scopes, the fight over who controls acceptable knowledge remains alive in classrooms, statehouses and Washington across America.

Bill BrittJuly 27, 2026

APR illustration of courthouse columns divided by a red line with overlapping clocks, representing constitutional law colliding with Alabama’s election calendar.

Elections

Opinion | A constitutional question collides with Alabama’s election calendar

The court moved quickly, but election deadlines may close before Alabama receives a meaningful ruling on constitutional eligibility for governor.

Bill BrittJuly 22, 2026

Courts

Alabama Supreme Court expedites Tuberville appeal as ballot deadline looms

The Court accelerated briefing in the residency challenge, but Alabama’s deadline for replacing a party nominee could pass before the appeal is fully briefed.

Bill BrittJuly 21, 2026

Editorial illustration of a voting booth illuminated by a beam of light, symbolizing access to the ballot and new citizenship requirements.

Elections

Opinion | SAVE Act’s burden may fall on citizens, too

Protecting election integrity matters, but new voting requirements deserve scrutiny when lawful citizens may bear the greatest burden of compliance.

Bill BrittJuly 20, 2026