David Person

David Person is a media personality and consultant who has been working in the Huntsville market since 1986 as a talk show host, columnist, and director/producer. David co-hosts the podcast Alabama Politics This Week.

Tim Scott was caught in the crossfire of Trump’s hate

Scott looked weak. Like he doesn’t have the courage to stand up for himself.

January 26, 2024

Remembering Jazz icon, Yale professor Willie Ruff

Alabama lost a humble, legendary genius on Christmas Eve. Willie Ruff is his name.

January 12, 2024

We can’t let the bigots and terrorists win

The cost may be high sometimes, but the day we let them win is the day we give away our souls.

December 27, 2023

Despite the headlines, American Christianity is not monolithic

To me as a Christian, folks are empowered to make their own decisions about the lives they want to live.

December 4, 2023

Stephen Perkins still needs justice

His name still needs to be cleared and his killer – or killers – held accountable.

November 10, 2023

Many Black families carry history on our shoulders

I recently learned that I might be related to a lynching victim. Many other Black families carry this history, too.

October 27, 2023

Stephen Perkins didn’t have a chance

Perkins was shot to death by a police officer on Sept. 29th in his own front yard.

October 12, 2023

It’s time for Alabama A&M to head to Montgomery

The federal government calculates that AAMU and other historically black, land grant institutions were severely underfunded.

September 29, 2023

Live Oak: Reckoning with Alabama’s Confederate ghosts

They were the living embodiment of what Confederate had fought for: white supremacy as a government, and a way of life.

September 15, 2023

DeSantis and the dangerous consequences of denying history

DeSantis himself has made targeting Black people, our history and culture a full-time job recently.

August 31, 2023