By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 2, 2019 Yesterday, I engaged in some straight talk with Birmingham, Alabama’s...

Black public officials in Birmingham, Alabama are failing their constituents. The city's school system fails its students, who are overwhelmingly Black. The city's mayor and council members focus on symbolic gestures in lieu of progress. The city's Pard Board blew an opportunity to partner with Major League Baseball on a Youth Baseball Academy. And, the city's future is bleak.

Doyal Reed is Birmingham, Alabama's last warrior for economic justice. Reed's MESBIC empowered businesses in the city in the 1980s & 90s.

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 25, 2019 After I published four articles about how Birmingham, Alabama’s mayor,...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 24, 2019 Having blown a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to partner with Major...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 22, 2019 On April 18 and 20, 2019, I published articles that were highly...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 20, 2019 On Easter Sunday, we will celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 20, 2019; Updated at 4:30 p.m. EST After I published an April 18, 2019 article...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 18, 2019 I rarely write about local government matters. My articles tend to...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 17, 2019 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working with Boeing to...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 16, 2019 Despite the Boeing Company’s crisis management spin in the aftermath of...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 15, 2019 Many people are offended by the notion that President Donald J. Trump's...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 13, 2019 On Friday, Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot shocked the nation by...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 4, 2019 at 10:20 p.m. EST For decades, Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”)...

A Special Investigative Report By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 4, 2019; Updated at 8 a.m. EST On April 26, 2017,...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on April 2, 2019 Twice during Rahm Emanuel’s two terms as mayor, Chicago was named the...

A true friend will never desert you on the battlefield of life during a firefight. Meet two of mine -- Ralph D. Malone and David Minkin.

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on March 28, 2019 Alabama Governor George C. Wallace defiantly stood in the "school house...

March 26, 2019 Dear Wallace Family Members, Many things have been written and said about former Alabama Gov. George Corley Wallace, Jr. ...

A Special Investigative Report By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on March 25, 2019 In early 2007, I visited the Washington...