By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 30, 2019 Dr. Zac Henson is a former Birmingham, Alabama-based social activist and...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on March 28, 2019 People have firmly held opinions about former Alabama Gov. George C....

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 19, 2019 After winning a full and unconditional pardon from the State of...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 10, 2019 For the past two decades,The Birmingham News has established a clear...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 9, 2019 On November 29, 2018, John Archibald, a columnist/reporter for the...

By: Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on December 2, 2018 The courageous Limestone County, Alabama Circuit Court judge who set...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 30, 2018 Yesterday’s indictment of my son and me on federal fraud charges...

By: Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 29, 2018 Out of the chaos of a tragic police shooting a week ago has emerged...

By: Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 28, 2018 Every day, police officers across America don the uniform, leave...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 26, 2018 Dear Mr. Murphy, I was sad to learn of the fatal shooting of Mr....

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 22, 2018; Republished on May 3, 2021 [Author's Note: On April 6, 2021,...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 21, 2018 During the past two years, I have watched many of my Republican...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 20, 2018 Yesterday, we reported that President Donald Trump would find a way...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 19, 2018 On October 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 18, 2018 In the midst of America’s contentious debate about migrants from...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 13, 2018 It has been one week since the Midterm elections. During this...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 4, 2018 Shortly after the death of South African President Nelson Mandela in...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 3, 2018 Michael Cohen’s interview with Vanity Fair’s Emily Jane Fox last week...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 2, 2018 Under heavy criticism from retired military officers, President...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on November 1, 2018 President Donald J. Trump has authorized some 15,000 U.S. troops that...