Stephen “reggaepaparazzi” Cooper
@stephenacooper.bsky.social
I’m a writer. I write fiction. I also write about the death penalty, justice reform, reggae, and much more.
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Hello. On Feb 6, my former client Demetrius Frazier will be gas-tortured to death in Alabama. My column “Leadership abdication and Alabama’s next execution” has been published in The MontgomeryAdvertiser (in Alabama) & also at @USATODAY.com Here’s a free link. Please read: archive.ph/2025.01.28-1...
King addressed the congregation on his birthday, on January 15, 1961, saying: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself … You are commanded to do that. That is the breadth of life.” timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2017...
Trump’s Immigration Policy Imperils Americans He Seeks to Protect
Thanks to President Trump's xenophobic immigration policy, the undocumented in California cities will be less likely to cooperate with police to stop crime.
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January 17, 2026 at 2:44 PM
King addressed the congregation on his birthday, on January 15, 1961, saying: “Love your neighbor as you love yourself … You are commanded to do that. That is the breadth of life.” timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2017...
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Always a pleasure and joy to see Luciano perform live. He is one of my cornerstone favorite artists. Hard to believe I’ve been going to his shows for 30 years now #AsburyParkNJ #ReggaeSky #TheMessenger
January 10, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Always a pleasure and joy to see Luciano perform live. He is one of my cornerstone favorite artists. Hard to believe I’ve been going to his shows for 30 years now #AsburyParkNJ #ReggaeSky #TheMessenger
Hi! In case you’re interested in this, today I published “Investment in Alabama antithetical to French values” in Alabama’s best and most historic newspaper, The Montgomery Advertiser, & in its sister newspapers, The Gadsden Times & Tuscaloosa News. Link: www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinio...
January 10, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Hi! In case you’re interested in this, today I published “Investment in Alabama antithetical to French values” in Alabama’s best and most historic newspaper, The Montgomery Advertiser, & in its sister newspapers, The Gadsden Times & Tuscaloosa News. Link: www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinio...
🚥 To the many people on this platform who love #reggae music: I just spoke with legendary producer Jah Life and for the sake of Jamaican 🇯🇲 music history, Jah Life and I will follow up on our epic 2025 two-part reasoning in spring 2026–and do a part three! Look for it at @reggae-vibes-nl.bsky.social.
January 3, 2026 at 3:01 AM
🚥 To the many people on this platform who love #reggae music: I just spoke with legendary producer Jah Life and for the sake of Jamaican 🇯🇲 music history, Jah Life and I will follow up on our epic 2025 two-part reasoning in spring 2026–and do a part three! Look for it at @reggae-vibes-nl.bsky.social.
🗣️A democratic lawmaker, Rep. Chris England of Tuscaloosa, prefiled—ahead of Alabama’s next legislative session on Jan. 13—HB 76, which would ban the #deathpenalty in the state. It’s unlikely to pass the Republican-controlled legislature where there’ll be efforts to expand capital punishment in 2026.
🗣️ Hello. Today I published “Alabama’s torturous death penalty machinery hums on” in Alabama’s best—and also its most historic— newspaper, The Montgomery Advertiser, and in its sister newspapers in Gadsden and in Tuscaloosa, too. If you need a link here one is. www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/opinio...
Alabama’s torturous death penalty machinery hums on | STEPHEN COOPER
On April 24, Alabama has scheduled the execution of James Osgood by lethal injection.
www.tuscaloosanews.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🗣️A democratic lawmaker, Rep. Chris England of Tuscaloosa, prefiled—ahead of Alabama’s next legislative session on Jan. 13—HB 76, which would ban the #deathpenalty in the state. It’s unlikely to pass the Republican-controlled legislature where there’ll be efforts to expand capital punishment in 2026.
Bless up every time @soundsofthecaribbean.com ! Hanging out with you in New Jersey was one of the highlights of 2025 and Scientist told me to tell you: “Thank you!” and that he wishes you and all the listeners of Sounds of the Caribbean all the very best in 2026. ❤️ 💛 💚 🇯🇲
December 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Bless up every time @soundsofthecaribbean.com ! Hanging out with you in New Jersey was one of the highlights of 2025 and Scientist told me to tell you: “Thank you!” and that he wishes you and all the listeners of Sounds of the Caribbean all the very best in 2026. ❤️ 💛 💚 🇯🇲
Hello. When you have time, please check out my new essay published @TimesofIsrael.com today: “Investment in Alabama antithetical to French values.” Thank you! blogs.timesofisrael.com/investment-i...
The Blogs: Investment in Alabama antithetical to French values
From the blog of Stephen A. Cooper at The Times of Israel
blogs.timesofisrael.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Hello. When you have time, please check out my new essay published @TimesofIsrael.com today: “Investment in Alabama antithetical to French values.” Thank you! blogs.timesofisrael.com/investment-i...
Hello. My short story “Rifkin Rising” was published today in Alabama’s best and most historic newspaper, The Montgomery Advertiser. Check it out when you have time—it’s about a 7-minute read. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
'Rifkin Rising' — a short story
This short story is written by Stephen Cooper, who used to live in Montgomery.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hello. My short story “Rifkin Rising” was published today in Alabama’s best and most historic newspaper, The Montgomery Advertiser. Check it out when you have time—it’s about a 7-minute read. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
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This weeks 12/13 Sounds of the Caribbean #Reggae Radio Podcast Ep. 931 is up at www.soundsofthecaribbean.com & on #Podbean at www.podbean.com/ew/pb-sgcfa-... The show is also available on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Mixcloud, Audacy & TuneIn. Follow, Download, Stream, Listen & Enjoy! #ReggaeSky
December 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This weeks 12/13 Sounds of the Caribbean #Reggae Radio Podcast Ep. 931 is up at www.soundsofthecaribbean.com & on #Podbean at www.podbean.com/ew/pb-sgcfa-... The show is also available on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Mixcloud, Audacy & TuneIn. Follow, Download, Stream, Listen & Enjoy! #ReggaeSky
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Tennessee execution highlights death penalty’s depravity.
Unethical Injection
Tennessee execution highlights death penalty’s depravity.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Tennessee execution highlights death penalty’s depravity.
🚥Been a likkle since I posted anything for the reggae massive:
Greetings & best wishes for the holidays! On Valentine’s💘Day 2026 I’m scheduled to interview legendary Jamaican musician Pablove Black. If you have a question you’d like me to ask him, please let me know. Bless 🙏🏼
Greetings & best wishes for the holidays! On Valentine’s💘Day 2026 I’m scheduled to interview legendary Jamaican musician Pablove Black. If you have a question you’d like me to ask him, please let me know. Bless 🙏🏼
December 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
🚥Been a likkle since I posted anything for the reggae massive:
Greetings & best wishes for the holidays! On Valentine’s💘Day 2026 I’m scheduled to interview legendary Jamaican musician Pablove Black. If you have a question you’d like me to ask him, please let me know. Bless 🙏🏼
Greetings & best wishes for the holidays! On Valentine’s💘Day 2026 I’m scheduled to interview legendary Jamaican musician Pablove Black. If you have a question you’d like me to ask him, please let me know. Bless 🙏🏼
Unethical Injection www.memphisflyer.com/unethical-in...
Unethical Injection
Tennessee execution highlights death penalty’s depravity.
www.memphisflyer.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Unethical Injection www.memphisflyer.com/unethical-in...
🗣️Hello everyone. ICYMI Today I published “Investment in Alabama antithetical to German values” in Alabama’s best newspaper, The Montgomery Advertiser—also in its sister papers in Gadsden and Tuscaloosa, too; it’ll be published in print Sunday. For a 🆓link, click: archive.ph/3sY6Q or see my timeline.
December 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🗣️Hello everyone. ICYMI Today I published “Investment in Alabama antithetical to German values” in Alabama’s best newspaper, The Montgomery Advertiser—also in its sister papers in Gadsden and Tuscaloosa, too; it’ll be published in print Sunday. For a 🆓link, click: archive.ph/3sY6Q or see my timeline.
🗣️ ICYMI: My essay about the next execution in Tennessee—scheduled on Dec. 11—was published online this evening in The Chattanooga Times-Free Press (@timesfreepress.bsky.social); it will run, in print, in Tennessee tomorrow. Please give it a read. And thank you! www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/de...
Times Opinion: Tennessee execution highlights death penalty’s depravity | Chattanooga Times Free Press
The litigation — especially U.S. District Judge Eli Richardson's cynical and macabre opinion published Nov. 26 — concerning Harold Wayne Nichols' scheduled execution on Dec. 11 in Tennessee contains e...
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December 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
🗣️ ICYMI: My essay about the next execution in Tennessee—scheduled on Dec. 11—was published online this evening in The Chattanooga Times-Free Press (@timesfreepress.bsky.social); it will run, in print, in Tennessee tomorrow. Please give it a read. And thank you! www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/de...
The execution in question is scheduled Dec. 11. If this 🆓link doesn’t open for you, or if you want to see the hyperlinks used in this essay’s initial publication: see my immediate last post. This essay will also be published in Tennessee tomorrow. Thanks. www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinio...
December 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The execution in question is scheduled Dec. 11. If this 🆓link doesn’t open for you, or if you want to see the hyperlinks used in this essay’s initial publication: see my immediate last post. This essay will also be published in Tennessee tomorrow. Thanks. www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinio...
Hello. When you have time, please check out my new essay published @TimesofIsrael.com today: “Tennessee execution highlights death penalty’s depravity.” (The execution in question is scheduled to take place on December 11.) Thank you! blogs.timesofisrael.com/tennessee-ex...
The Blogs: Tennessee execution highlights death penalty’s depravity
From the blog of Stephen A. Cooper at The Times of Israel
blogs.timesofisrael.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Hello. When you have time, please check out my new essay published @TimesofIsrael.com today: “Tennessee execution highlights death penalty’s depravity.” (The execution in question is scheduled to take place on December 11.) Thank you! blogs.timesofisrael.com/tennessee-ex...
Hello. When you have time, please check out my new essay published @TimesofIsrael.com today: “Investment in Alabama antithetical to German values.” Thank you! blogs.timesofisrael.com/investment-i...
The Blogs: Investment in Alabama antithetical to German values
From the blog of Stephen A. Cooper at The Times of Israel
blogs.timesofisrael.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Hello. When you have time, please check out my new essay published @TimesofIsrael.com today: “Investment in Alabama antithetical to German values.” Thank you! blogs.timesofisrael.com/investment-i...
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Deeply saddened to hear that Jimmy Cliff has died at the age of 81.
A truly magnificent singer and performer. He started out as a teenager in the early 60s recording future classics like this...
RIP lion 🦁🙏
youtu.be/HRVqG5QxvhY?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #jimmycliff
A truly magnificent singer and performer. He started out as a teenager in the early 60s recording future classics like this...
RIP lion 🦁🙏
youtu.be/HRVqG5QxvhY?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #jimmycliff
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Deeply saddened to hear that Jimmy Cliff has died at the age of 81.
A truly magnificent singer and performer. He started out as a teenager in the early 60s recording future classics like this...
RIP lion 🦁🙏
youtu.be/HRVqG5QxvhY?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #jimmycliff
A truly magnificent singer and performer. He started out as a teenager in the early 60s recording future classics like this...
RIP lion 🦁🙏
youtu.be/HRVqG5QxvhY?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #jimmycliff
Reposted by Stephen “reggaepaparazzi” Cooper
This weeks 11/15 Sounds of the Caribbean #Reggae Radio Podcast EP.928 is up at www.soundsofthecaribbean.com & also on Podbean www.podbean.com/ew/pb-m2qve-... The show can also be heard on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audacy, Mixcloud, & TuneIn. Follow, Download, Stream Listen & Enjoy! #ReggaeSky
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This weeks 11/15 Sounds of the Caribbean #Reggae Radio Podcast EP.928 is up at www.soundsofthecaribbean.com & also on Podbean www.podbean.com/ew/pb-m2qve-... The show can also be heard on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Audacy, Mixcloud, & TuneIn. Follow, Download, Stream Listen & Enjoy! #ReggaeSky
Hi everyone. There’s a lot of bad things going on in the world, but one good thing is: The Montgomery Advertiser—Alabama’s best & most historic newspaper—published “Cloverdale Park, Part Three—Love After Death Revisited: A short story.” Please give it a read! Thank you! www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Cloverdale Park, Part Three – Love After Death Revisited: A short story
The following is a continuation of a short ghost story written by Stephen Cooper, who used to live in Montgomery near Cloverdale Park.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Hi everyone. There’s a lot of bad things going on in the world, but one good thing is: The Montgomery Advertiser—Alabama’s best & most historic newspaper—published “Cloverdale Park, Part Three—Love After Death Revisited: A short story.” Please give it a read! Thank you! www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Not too many people are still thinking about this, but I forgot to mention my column (which you can find on my timeline), “Alabama savagely gas-tortured a 7th man to death,” was also published in The Tuscaloosa News & The Gadsden Times on Friday. The next gassing-execution date hasn’t been set. Yet.
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Not too many people are still thinking about this, but I forgot to mention my column (which you can find on my timeline), “Alabama savagely gas-tortured a 7th man to death,” was also published in The Tuscaloosa News & The Gadsden Times on Friday. The next gassing-execution date hasn’t been set. Yet.
🗣️ The Montgomery Advertiser—Alabama’s oldest and best newspaper—doesn’t have a presence (yet) on #Bluesky which is too bad. ICYMI this is my most recent opinion-essay just published by The Advertiser concerning last week’s execution in Alabama. Thank you. www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinio...
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🗣️ The Montgomery Advertiser—Alabama’s oldest and best newspaper—doesn’t have a presence (yet) on #Bluesky which is too bad. ICYMI this is my most recent opinion-essay just published by The Advertiser concerning last week’s execution in Alabama. Thank you. www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinio...
🗣️Hello. When you have time would you please consider reading my new essay “Alabama savagely gas-tortured a 7th man to death” which I published today at @TimesofIsrael.com—and anticipate soon republishing in Alabama? Thanks for your attention and amplification. blogs.timesofisrael.com/alabama-sava...
The Blogs: Alabama savagely gas-tortured a 7th man to death
From the blog of Stephen A. Cooper at The Times of Israel
blogs.timesofisrael.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🗣️Hello. When you have time would you please consider reading my new essay “Alabama savagely gas-tortured a 7th man to death” which I published today at @TimesofIsrael.com—and anticipate soon republishing in Alabama? Thanks for your attention and amplification. blogs.timesofisrael.com/alabama-sava...
I remember when things were simpler to discuss—though no less horrifying—before this evening and Alabama’s 7th nitrogen-gassing-torture (and the nation’s 8th). Still pardon me for my abundance of posts on this topic lately—I know it’s a pretty niche subject of interest. www.yahoo.com/news/atrocit...
Atrocity after atrocity in Alabama | STEPHEN COOPER
On February 6, Alabama tortured Demetrius Frazier to death.
www.yahoo.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I remember when things were simpler to discuss—though no less horrifying—before this evening and Alabama’s 7th nitrogen-gassing-torture (and the nation’s 8th). Still pardon me for my abundance of posts on this topic lately—I know it’s a pretty niche subject of interest. www.yahoo.com/news/atrocit...