Birminghamians live with their history more than most Americans, and Birmingham's story is linked to the nation's history more than most cities.
Culture Watch
Danny Duncan Collum 11-01-2001
For more than 20 years, Elie Wiesel has been America's official bearer of memory, keeper of accounts, and arbiter of propriety regarding the Holocaust.
Aaron McCarroll Gallegos 9-01-2001
How does one approach the task of writing about a continent as diverse as Africa, filled with extremes of poverty and beauty, suffering and hope?
Bob Massey 9-01-2001
The first thing one notices about the handsome young man in the jacket photo is his two full sleeves of tattoos.
Danny Duncan Collum 9-01-2001
Rock has done the most to break down social conventions and cultural norms. So where are the gay rock stars?
Julienne Gage 9-01-2001
Bread and Roses, the latest from British director Ken Loach, portrays with incredible precision the reality of the modern immigrant experience in industrialized nations.
Rose Marie Berger 9-01-2001
Do you remember what Dr. Arroway (Jodie Foster) said, in the movie Contact, when she was launched by The Pod into humanity's first meeting with non-Earthlings?
Ched Myers 9-01-2001
An author, biblical scholar, and itinerant teacher tells what sounds, sights, and words he's enjoying these days.
William O'Brien 7-01-2001
One of the most urgent issues for faith communities during the 1980s was the contra war in Nicaragua.
Chris Byrd 7-01-2001
It's easy to defend the death penalty in the abstract, but much more difficult when you have to participate in death.
David Whettstone 7-01-2001
Jesus on the cross is best viewed as what that event concretely was, an imperial execution," says Mark Lewis Taylor in The Executed God.
Larry Bellinger 7-01-2001
On Spirit of the Century, the Blind Boys bring their strong and gritty harmonies to traditional gospel tunes as well as rock and roll.
Stacia M. Brown 7-01-2001
The Veterans of Hope video series profiles nonviolence activists from around the world.