Montgomery, AL, USA. Alabama legislators are tweaking an anti-immigration law that is considered even harsher than the Arizona law under review by the U.S. Supreme Court.

A year after approving the toughest state anti-immigration legislation in the country, Alabama lawmakers want to revise the law to make it easier to comply with and enforce. But their efforts have rekindled the same emotional fight that was so contentious in the first place.

Washington, DC, USA. Voluntary courts try drug-addicted nonviolent offenders in all 50 states. Would mandatory courts be a better option or ensnare more people in the system?

Since the first drug court opened its doors in 1989 in Miami, every state has embraced the popular drug treatment program for nonviolent drug offenders.