Looking back on my legal career today, I am probably the only Birmingham lawyer who had three different local groups seeking to run me out of town simply because: (a) I disturbed the “good relations” White business leaders in Birmingham had with the "Colored community,” (b) I was proficient at picking the highest caliber of legal talent for my litigation Dream Teams, and (c) I was winning all of my assigned cases. This article tells the story of the third group -- local Blac

This is the true but sad story of how and why Birmingham, Alabama Municipal Court Presiding Judge David L. Barnes lost his judgeship. In the end, unbridled sexual lust cost this longtime and distinguished jurist his judgeship.

This is the inside story of how GOP Mayor Emory Folmar saved Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington from a racially biased DOJ criminal probe.

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.