Spread of Hate Crimes Has Lawmakers Seeking Harsher Penalties

By AUDRA D.S. BURCH April 30, 2017 The anonymous email arrived on a Saturday afternoon, its message jumbled, misspelled, in capital letters. It was not addressed to a specific individual at the Birmingham Islamic Society. Rather, its hateful message was...

Readers React: Church Riven Over Gay Clergy

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN April 30, 2017 Members of the United Methodist Church learned over the weekend that their top court had issued strong rebukes on Friday against three of the church’s regions for allowing openly gay clergy and a bishop to serve. The...