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Safe guns, saved lives: a suicide-prevention call for Alabama

Alongside seeking mental health treatment, promoting help lines, and strengthening community support, please secure your firearms.

September 10, 2025

APR’s Top 5 stories of 2023 (and a bonus)

From the death of a small-town mayor to the fight for voting rights, APR's top 5 stories of 2023.

December 29, 2023

Media must scrutinize power, not police morality

With such power comes a profound responsibility to discern the public interest from morbid curiosity.

November 6, 2023

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Smiths Station mayor’s suicide should serve as a lesson for all of us

We have fostered an environment in which a man who has apparently committed no crimes nor harmed anyone is shamed into ending his life.

November 6, 2023

Alabama town mourns mayor’s death after forced outing

Copeland, also a pastor at First Baptist Church in Phenix City, was a beloved figure and married father of three.

November 6, 2023

Two more incarcerated individuals died on Wednesday

The death toll continues to rise for incarcerated individuals in Alabama prisons.

August 17, 2023

Escape, multiple deaths hit several ADOC facilities on Monday

The incidents included several deaths, an attempted suicide, and an escape by an incarcerated individual.

August 9, 2023

Will Dismukes’ sisters urge judge not to consider father’s suicide as mitigating factor

"Don't allow him to use his death that he helped induce to again avoid responsibility for his actions," Dismukes' sister wrote.

July 14, 2023

Two men attempted suicide in Alabama prisons Sunday, one died

34-year-old Steven Seay’s death marks at least 56 people who have died inside ADOC prisons this year.

June 14, 2023

Opponents speak out in public hearing on expansion of “Don’t Say Gay” law

Several speakers testified about the dangers of outing, suicidality in the LGBTQ+ community, and the legislation in general.

May 25, 2023