Archive - Moth to flame

Following Alabama's Blood Money

Prison lawsuits, payouts, and how lawyers for abusive officers hit pay dirt.

May 31 •

Alabama prisons are America

Violating human rights is nothing new

May 7 •

April 2025

At My Alabama Prison, One Man Is Doing Time With His Grandson

A guest writer asks "Why can’t older people, who have vanishingly low recidivism rates, be released from prison?"

Apr 2

March 2025

A month of sunsets

My first writing residency at age 50

Mar 12 •

January 2025

A Song for Toforest Johnson

Birmingham singer songwriter releases new single "Mercy for Toforest"

Jan 26 •

Goodbye 2024. You were a real bitch.

Expecting more sunshine in 2025.

Jan 2 •

November 2024

The absurdity of Gov. Kay Ivey

Alabama's monument to mass incarceration will bear her name.

Nov 20, 2024 •

Uncomfortably Numb

In defense of post-election check out

Nov 8, 2024 •

October 2024

How to combat election brain

Take a sunset walk through Fairhope, Alabama

Oct 27, 2024 •

When grief becomes rage

Sandy Ray's fight for accountability in her son's prison beating death

Oct 10, 2024 •

August 2024

Yo Beth, where ya been?

A missive from my existential hidey hole

Aug 2, 2024 •

June 2024

Father's Day on death row

Toforest Johnsons's wrongful incarceration reaches a quarter century

Jun 16, 2024 •

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