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Josh Moon

Josh Moon is an investigative reporter and columnist. You can reach him at [email protected].

Don’t let the next decade be like the last

The last decade should embarrass anyone living in Alabama. Because by any measure that doesn’t include college football, the last 10 years have been a disaster for the working class people of this state. To put it simply: The rent is up and the wages are down. Corruption is at an all time high. Murder … Continued

Josh Moon

December 31, 2019

Opinion

Steve Marshall’s 2019 was one of the worst in Alabama history

Steve Marshall might just be Alabama’s worst attorney general — ever. To be certain, he’s an awful AG. And I only pause in calling him the absolute worst in this state’s history because Alabama has had more than its share of God-awful AGs through the years. Marshall, though, is making a real run at the … Continued

Josh Moon

December 26, 2019

Opinion

3M dumped harmful chemicals around Decatur for years. It’s time the public knew the consequences

Every afternoon during seventh grade basketball practice, I and everyone else on the team would make as many trips as allowed to the water fountain just outside the gym doors to gulp down enough water to keep us from passing out. After school some days, we would ride our bikes to an old creek near … Continued

Josh Moon

December 23, 2019

Opinion

Alabama lawmakers continue to defend an indefensible president

Donald Trump was impeached Wednesday night, because he deserved to be impeached. Oh, I know that’s news to a lot of people in Alabama, where a conservative information bubble deflects away facts that are inconvenient to the conservative way of thinking. But it’s true. Trump deserved to be impeached. More so than any other president. … Continued

Josh Moon

December 19, 2019

Sessions supported the widow’s tax that Doug Jones just killed

After nearly two decades, the military widow’s tax is apparently on its deathbed. Thanks to Doug Jones. A U.S. Senator from Alabama. Because of Jones and Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, some 67,000 military widows will finally enjoy the military benefits their loved ones were promised when they enlisted and gave their lives protecting … Continued

Josh Moon

December 18, 2019

Opinion

Problems continue for Montgomery’s first charter school

Montgomery’s first charter school remains a first-rate mess. As former LEAD Academy principal Nichole Ivey-Price prepares for another hearing in her ongoing wrongful termination lawsuit against the charter school, a number of current and former LEAD employees have told APR that the environment at the school remains one of near-chaos. Perhaps most surprising, the employees … Continued

Josh Moon

December 17, 2019

Opinion

The answer to Alabama’s 200-year problem: Vote for yourself

Alabama celebrated its 200th birthday on Saturday. In a few weeks, researchers from UAB will begin testing children for a disease — hookworms — that was last widespread around that same time. Three steps forward, two steps back should be our state motto. Since this state’s birth, its people have struggled with issues of class … Continued

Josh Moon

December 16, 2019

Opinion

Alabama’s justice system is now encouraging political corruption

Sherry Lewis will most likely never serve another day of jail time for committing two felony ethics violations. A Jefferson County judge on Thursday sentenced Lewis to a 10-year suspended sentence, imposed community service and restitution, and promised to send her to jail if she violates the terms of her probation. So, for stealing thousands … Continued

Josh Moon

December 13, 2019

Opinion

Partisanship that ruined Alabama’s state government has infected Congress

Oliver Robinson deserved to go to jail and I wouldn’t vote for him to be team captain in a pick-up basketball game. Good riddance to John Edwards. Bye bye to Anthony Weiner. So long to Jesse Jackson Jr. Don’t let the door hit ya, Rod Blagojevich. Crooks and scoundrels, all of them. And I wouldn’t … Continued

Josh Moon

December 12, 2019

Opinion

Unchallenged awfulness has ruled Alabama politics for too long

Maybe, just maybe, Tommy Tuberville is our fault. The fault of the sane people. The fault of the non-crazies. Because we’re not harsh people. We don’t like to try and force our beliefs and thoughts on others. We prefer rational conversations and honest debate. And God bless us, we still, after all this time and … Continued

Josh Moon

December 10, 2019