Alabama

Alyssa Milano's proposal was unpopular, but the practice of sex strikes goes back to the dawn of humanity.

The Alabama Senate on Tuesday voted in favor of a measure that would effectively ban abortion in the state. Here's a selection of Pacific Standard stories about recent challenges to abortion access.

Author Casey Cep discusses her new book about Harper Lee's unfinished manuscript detailing the alleged crimes of an Alabama preacher and the man who shot him.

Georgia's governor has also signed a six-week ban, giving the Supreme Court yet more opportunities to overturn Roe v. Wade.

The headline-grabbing wrongful death case over an aborted embryo taps into the "fetal personhood" movement that's currently gaining momentum.

SNAP has become more vulnerable under Trump. Alabama's law could test how far the administration is willing to go to destabilize the program.

Researchers have found that the most tornado-prone region of the country is shifting east, but they can't say how much global warming is to blame.

Both amendments were patterned after a successful policy change in Tennessee.

A state of emergency has been declared in 35 counties in Florida.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked a 2016 law banning the procedure, which is the most common method of second-trimester abortion.

Nearly unanimous support from African-American voters gave him a Senate seat—now he needs to fight for the issues that affect them.

The state didn't succeed, but voter repression is still a major issue for election reform.

Voters exit after casting their ballots at a polling station set-up in the fire department on December 11th, 2017, in Gallant, Alabama.

Jones, a pro-choice civil rights attorney, successfully prosecuted two members of the Ku Klux Klan in the late 1990s for the bombing of a black church.

Super PACs dedicated to the country's top national politicians are spending the most in the Alabama special election.

With just two weeks left in the special election race, a retired colonel is looking to block Republican nominee Roy Moore from winning the Alabama senate race.

Mitch McConnell is the latest and most high-profile Republican to publicly denounce Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.

Gardendale can take over control of its two elementary schools from the Jefferson County district this fall for a three-year period.

Pacific Standard intenta un ejercicio de alegrarse del mal ajeno.

Pacific Standard tries an exercise in schadenfreude.

After a woman is jailed for exposing her fetus to drugs, county officials refuse to release her for an abortion and ask a judge to strip her of parental rights.

As Alabama considers two bills that would allow minors under the age of 18 to possess pistols, we take a look at what the consequences of these gun law changes might be.

With skyrocketing annual interest rates on payday loans, borrowers often don’t have enough money left over to cover rent and groceries.