Alabama now lets HIV-positive inmates out on work release -- but de facto segregation of the HIV-positive continues
By Rachel Maddow and Margaret Winter Aug 25, 2009
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Alabama's Roy Moore loves powerful bearded guys who choose who lives and who dies, and they love him
By Gabriel Winant
August 27, 2009
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A sexy tale of free trade, stimulus politics, cheap Chinese prophylactics and imperiled American jobs. With guest appearances from Rush, Leno and impotent Republican senators.
By Andrew Leonard
March 25, 2009
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Why did a small group of Southern Republicans turn the auto bailout into a demolition derby? Introducing the senators who hate unions and love foreign cars.
By Alex Koppelman and Mike Madden
December 13, 2008
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An arch, acute and haunting documentary about the segregated Mardi Gras traditions of Mobile, Ala., "The Order of Myths" might be the nonfiction film of the year.
By Andrew O'Hehir
July 25, 2008
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Republican senators like Alabama's Richard Shelby represent states with thriving, non-union, foreign-owned auto industries.
By Andrew Leonard
November 19, 2008
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Buddhism without parole, in Alabama's darkest prison. Plus: Hot housewife seeks Asian stud, physics geek goes nutzoid and more.
By Andrew O'Hehir
April 11, 2008
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Forget about the mussels and sturgeon. Atlanta's water woes have politicians dreaming of an Endangered Suburbs Act
By Andrew Leonard
November 2, 2007
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A badge of honor for the media: Being called a liar by a hypocrite like Nick Saban. Plus: What was that about no money for college players?
January 4, 2007
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Tom Schaller may think the Democrats can whistle past Dixie and still win, but that's a recipe for disaster.
By Ed Kilgore
November 28, 2006
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Compression bras, evil handbags and other material concerns. Plus: Should Hillary Clinton drop the "Rodham"?
By Page Rockwell
October 23, 2006
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Physicians required by law are threatened by harassers.
By Lynn Harris
September 20, 2006
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Aaron Brooks and I were wrong: Hurricane Katrina is "a 9/11 deal." So why hasn't anyone suggested that sports take a break?
September 2, 2005
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Allen Barra, author of a new Bear Bryant bio, on the coach's greatness, his mystique, "The Junction Boys" and his moral failure -- and success -- on integration.
August 26, 2005
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Danica Patrick brings long-lost sizzle to the Indy 500, and not just because of those bikini pix. Plus: Heat win, but they're still in trouble. And: The mystery of "his'n."
May 26, 2005
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A driving trip through Alabama reminds a U.S. senator from Wisconsin how radical conservatives are robbing hardworking people of the American dream.
By Russ Feingold
December 21, 2004
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A swarm of new media stories on young George W. Bush's dereliction of duty pops his heroic-leadership bubble.
By Eric Boehlert
September 9, 2004
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In 1972, George W. Bush dropped out of his National Guard service and later lied about it. With the media finally paying attention, will he now come clean?
By Eric Boehlert
February 5, 2004
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Two Alabama football coaches, Bear Bryant and Dennis Franchione, mistreated their players. But at least Bryant didn't betray them.
By Allen Barra
December 14, 2002
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A new ESPN movie reminds us that being coached by Paul "Bear" Bryant was like having John Wayne for your grandfather.
By Allen Barra
December 7, 2002
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A golden girl from Birmingham's elite takes a cold, hard look at her hometown's ugly past -- and her own father's role in it.
By Allen Barra
March 26, 2001
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Notre Dame is enforcing stricter academic standards in a push to deemphasize football. Why now?
By Allen Barra
November 10, 2000
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Corporate gambling interests finally ran into a stretch of bad luck in Alabama and South Carolina, and the national implications are staggering.
By Dave Shiflett
October 27, 1999
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As the country undergoes an anti-gambling backlash, Congress again attempts to restrict wagering online.
By Janelle Brown
October 22, 1999
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In the wake of a new Alabama law declaring vibrators illegal, a
provocative new book, "The Technology of Orgasm," sheds
light on the perversely puritanical evolution of the feminine joystick.
By Janelle Brown
February 25, 1999
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