Roy S. Johnson

As I stood over Gov. Kay Ivey’s left shoulder and watched her sign, I thought of my parents, of all the Johnsons, Rolands, Brookes and more ancestors who endured far more that I would have to. I saw a few of their faces. And felt their smiles. al.com/news/2026/03/m…

A lover letter to cinema through and through. Thank you to the Academy for honoring “Sinners” Writer Ryan Coogler with the Academy Award® for BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY at the 98th Academy Awards! @theacademy | #Oscars

My heart goes out to the 135 workers and families impacted by the Central Alabama Water layoffs. Behind every headline are real people facing real uncertainty. I appreciate our Mayor stepping up to identify opportunities within the city for those affected. Over the next few days, my team and I will also be working on a plan for how we can support families who have been impacted. When people are hurting, the Church should not just speak. The Church should serve. Praying for every family today. 🙏🏽

Well, well, well. On the cusp of setting record for executions by a governor in the "modern," post-moratorium era, @kayiveyforgov shows a heart. al.com/news/2026/03/g…

@PastorMikeJr Already is!

You’re testimony will be “LOOK AT GOD!”

"Good conscience should be easy to embrace when injustice is evident," columnist @roysj writes on Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's commutation today of Charles Lee "Sonny" Burton's death penalty. "Yet rarely so in Alabama. Rarely even under Ivey." Read it: al.com/news/2026/03/g…

Maryland's @GovWesMoore is an "unapologetic Child of God" who citied the Bible more in our brief chat than the current president has since, well, maybe ever. al.com/news/2026/03/i…

We become journalists for many reasons - expose corruption, shed light in dark places, share stories that need to be told, and to afflict the comfortable while comforting the afflicted. When our words and work saves lives, it is a blessing beyond all others. #grateful

As the nation begins its final journey with Rev. Jesse Jackson, here's a look at how he "inspired" a split in Alabama's Black power that still resonates. al.com/news/2026/02/h…

Students from Western Carolina University are heckled as they march to their new polling place — 1.7 miles down a busy highway with no sidewalks — after the Jackson County Board of Elections & the State Board of Elections voted to close their on campus polling site to save $6k

The best thing in life is finding someone who knows all your flaws, mistakes, and weaknesses, and still thinks you’re completely amazing.

For a Birmingham taqueria, bar owner and Mexican immigrant, #BadBunny was "just perfect." "I used to want a James Beard or a Michelin star," Jesus Mendez told me. "Now, I just want Bad Bunny to eat my tacos.” al.com/news/birmingha…

🚨🚨HEARTWARMING STORY🚨🚨 The couple that was in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show performance got MARRIED for real during the show. The couple invited Bad Bunny to their wedding a couple months ago, so he decided to have them get married at his performance. Beautiful ❤️

Sadly, this Republican Party is dead. Or at least on life-support unless one of them grabs a defibrillator and revives this GOP from its coma.

Amen. And for the people in the back: AMEN.

Wrote this last October. Bless MAGA's heart; the world is leaving their ignorance and hypocrisy - see: Kid "kick" Rock(s) - behind more every day. People of all cultures will dance like David at halftime, even if they don't understand nary a single word. al.com/news/birmingha…

Bravo!

When our leaders begin arresting journalists for doing their job, in America, it should anger (and frighten) us all. al.com/news/2026/02/j…

I wrote this column almost four years ago. Whew! al.com/opinion/2022/0…

LOL. Yup.