Roy S. Johnson

Columnist, Alabama Media Group/ @aldotcom; Pulitzer Prize Commentary finalist; Edward R. Murrow winner; NABJ HOF inductee, Dad, Husband, Living in Expectation

[Roy S. Johnson @roysj]

It could happen, if just a few empowered get creative. And it would send a necessary message. https://t.co/nOWpVun3ZS

[Anatoli Kopadze @AnatoliKopadze]

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[Blake Busbin @BlakeBusbin]

While we, in Alabama, may know tomorrow as #ElectionDay, we should also see it as "Take Your Child to Vote Day." Political socialization begins at an early age, and children are curious about voting. Bring your child along and talk them through the process.

[AL.com @aldotcom]

What they'll ultimately say about that sweltering Saturday in May depends on what happens next, writes columnist Roy S. Johnson.

[John Archibald @JohnArchibald]

It didn't come from a politician.

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[Roy S. Johnson @roysj]

It was a rare day when the call was clear: Representation matters, and it can only be righteously claimed by the voters choosing the officials. Not the other way around.

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[AL.com @aldotcom]

Columnist @RoySJ writes of GOP efforts to ram through a redistricting plan in Alabama that "now, thanks to Republicans, I feel the fire is reignited."
Read the column: https://t.co/pPGFK1ZcUc

[Roy S. Johnson @roysj]

Republican attacks on voting rights, history and culture, Blacks (especially Black women) in the federal workforce, continued health disparities and investment in Black businesses should fuel a fire that propels Black voters to the polls again.
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[Roy S. Johnson @roysj]

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.
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[SinnersMovie @SinnersMovie]

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

[Mike McClure Jr. @PastorMikeJr]

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. 🙏🏽

[Roy S. Johnson @roysj]

Well, well, well. On the cusp of setting record for executions by a governor in the "modern," post-moratorium era, @kayiveyforgov shows a heart. https://t.co/im4ACxfPeS

[Roy S. Johnson @roysj]

@PastorMikeJr Already is!

[AL.com @aldotcom]

"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: https://t.co/kQQgInrdC1

[Roy S. Johnson @roysj]

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.
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[Roy S. Johnson @roysj]

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

[AL.com @aldotcom]

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Lawmakers passed the bill last week and named it after Huntsville businessman and cancer survivor David McElhaney and @aldotcom columnist @roysj, who has written about his experience following his diagnosis last year.

[Roy S. Johnson @roysj]

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. https://t.co/iPQVLASC4T

[Cory Vaillancourt @The_CoryV]

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

[Mike McClure Jr. @PastorMikeJr]

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

[Roy S. Johnson @roysj]

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.” https://t.co/qlwIPhaT8x