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Opinion | ‘Quiet on Set’ might ruin your childhood, but watch it anyway

Opinion | ‘Quiet on Set’ might ruin your childhood, but watch it anyway

Angel Scales, Contributing Columnist April 14, 2024

In March 2024, “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” a docuseries detailing the toxicity behind hit Nickelodeon shows from the 1990s and 2000s, was released on streaming platforms. The series features...

Opinion | Has the Trump era opened the door for antisemitic firebrands?

Opinion | Has the Trump era opened the door for antisemitic firebrands?

Garrett Marchand, Contributing Columnist April 14, 2024

Antisemitism has long plagued the right wing in American politics. For such reasons, I have come to admire the work of people like William F. Buckley Jr., who sought through his conservative publication,...

Letter from the Editor | Reflecting on a year of pain and challenges

Letter from the Editor | Reflecting on a year of pain and challenges

Ashlee Woods, Editor-in-Chief April 14, 2024

Back in February, a friend and I decided to do the most random thing we could on a Friday night: attend a live taping of “WWE Smackdown.” It was the first time in nearly a decade either of us even...

The Tuscaloosa Public Library located off of Jack Warner Parkway.

Opinion | Alabama’s libraries are underfunded, understaffed and under siege

Chance Phillips, Opinions Editor April 10, 2024

“Don’t let the fox guard the henhouse” is a pretty simple maxim. You shouldn’t put someone in a position of responsibility who can’t be trusted with that responsibility. But for some reason,...

 Management professor Ron Dulek poses with his nickel jar.

Opinion | Give professors some grace. You could learn something

Abby Cope, Contributing Columnist April 10, 2024

How many times a day do you interact with your professors through email, on Zoom, in class or otherwise? Now, how much do you know about your professor? And I mean more than just their office hours schedule. Do...

Opinion | Underclassmen, don’t lose hope

Opinion | Underclassmen, don’t lose hope

Dawson Wilcox, Contributing Columnist April 7, 2024

I am a senior at The University of Alabama; my time here is quickly running out. As I prepare to leave this campus, I cannot help but feel disheartened at the direction our university and this state have...

Opinion | Union-busting won’t stop Alabama’s autoworkers from organizing

Opinion | Union-busting won’t stop Alabama’s autoworkers from organizing

Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist April 3, 2024

Since January, the United Auto Workers union has been actively organizing Alabama’s autoworkers to secure better wages, working conditions, and negotiating rights. Perhaps most prominent among these...

Opinion | Alabama election just adds to a national narrative

Opinion | Alabama election just adds to a national narrative

John Armstrong, Contributing Columnist April 3, 2024

On March 26, Alabama House District 10 was forced to hold a special election following the resignation of David Cole, a Republican facing felony voter fraud charges. The results were shocking. Not only...

Opinion | Alabama doesn’t need a representative bought by Big Crypto

Opinion | Alabama doesn’t need a representative bought by Big Crypto

Chance Phillips, Opinions Editor March 31, 2024

On Super Tuesday, March 5, almost a dozen candidates were on the ballot as potential Democratic nominees to represent Alabama’s newly redrawn Black opportunity district, District 2. Two moved on to...

Opinion | Hop over that ‘1-inch-tall barrier’ and enjoy foreign films

Opinion | Hop over that ‘1-inch-tall barrier’ and enjoy foreign films

Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist March 31, 2024

American interest in foreign films has never been high, with very few films ever breaking the barrier of Americentric views, the modern attention deficit, and the preference for blockbuster films over...

Opinion | Stop exploiting student-athletes. Let them unionize

Opinion | Stop exploiting student-athletes. Let them unionize

Alex Jobin, Staff Columnist March 27, 2024

Earlier this month, the Dartmouth men’s basketball team made history by becoming the first college sports team to unionize, voting to join the Service Employees International Union Local 560. With the...

The city of Northport recently approved a major water park project.

Opinion | The Northport water park deal is too good for the city’s politicians

Chance Phillips, Opinions Editor March 27, 2024

Let me be clear: I want the Northport water park project to succeed. I even think it’s got a decent chance, despite the developer’s troubling history of unfinished projects. But Northport’s elected...