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  • Opinion: How Fringe Rhetoric Became Republican Doctrine

    Opinion: How Fringe Rhetoric Became Republican Doctrine

    April 22, 2026

    If the latest moves by allies of Donald Trump and the Department of Justice against the Southern Poverty Law Center feel familiar, that’s because they are. This is not a…

  • 1 Dead, 1 Wounded in West Birmingham Shootout

    1 Dead, 1 Wounded in West Birmingham Shootout

    April 21, 2026

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — One man was killed and another seriously wounded in a hail of gunfire that erupted in a west Birmingham alley Monday night, police said, as the city’s…

  • 2 Injured in Early-Morning Shooting at Birmingham’s Nana Funks Nightclub

    2 Injured in Early-Morning Shooting at Birmingham’s Nana Funks Nightclub

    April 20, 2026

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — One person suffered serious injuries and another was grazed by gunfire in a shooting early Sunday inside a nightclub in Birmingham’s Lakeview District, police said. The Birmingham…

  • ICE Raid on Elderly French Widow in Alabama Sparks Outrage Over Estate Vendetta

    ICE Raid on Elderly French Widow in Alabama Sparks Outrage Over Estate Vendetta

    April 19, 2026

    ANNISTON, Ala. — In a stunning dawn raid that has ignited fury across two continents, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swooped into the quiet Anniston home of 86-year-old French widow…

  • Birmingham Zoo Adds New Sloth to Predator Building

    Birmingham Zoo Adds New Sloth to Predator Building

    April 18, 2026

    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Visitors to the Birmingham Zoo can now catch a glimpse of Coconut, a female Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth that moves at a leisurely pace and hangs upside down…

  • Alabama Bill would Give University Board more Power over Tenure, Curriculum

    Alabama Bill would Give University Board more Power over Tenure, Curriculum

    April 17, 2026

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers have advanced a bill that would expand governing-board control over tenure, post-tenure review, faculty senates and curriculum at public four-year universities, prompting concerns from faculty…

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The Birmingham Free Press was established in 1997 as an independent news and entertainment source. We publish a variety of books, magazines, and comics, along with our flagship, broadsheet newspaper.

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