In a perfect world, journalists would not be beholden to corporate interests. News outlets wouldn’t have parent corporations to bow down to, and ratings wouldn’t drive content. But we don’t live...

Free speech: two words that are a cornerstone of our democracy. Where would we be without free speech? There would be no protests, no internet, no outspoken opposition to the powers-that-be. It’s right...

In the wake of some particularly gross journalistic negligence, whoever is in charge of Fox News’ branding should go ahead and remove the word “news” from the title.  The hyper-conservative news...

Members of Congress spend half their time on Capitol Hill squabbling with their colleagues and pretending to get things done. They spend the other half schmoozing with donors as they grovel for money to...

I have a small copy of the Constitution that I keep on my bookshelf. I don’t open it up very often – there’s really no need to – but it’s nice to know that it’s there.  I wouldn’t call myself...

In the wake of the special Senate election Republican runoff, which garnered national attention, I find it embarrassing to be an Alabamian.  However, I can find some solace in the fact that I’m not...

If there is one thing that college students hate more than staying up late reading textbooks, it’s taking their wallets out to pay for them. The American textbook industry has dominated the marketplace...

Bipartisanship is for wishful thinkers and overly optimistic independents. I am neither of those things.    One day, school children will read about this foreign concept, and they’ll laugh. Democrats...

The ruby red state of Alabama is known for being a bastion of Republican support. On par with the last 10 elections, Donald Trump easily swept the state on Election Day 2016 with 62.1 percent of the vote,...

The headlines out of Charlottesville read like something straight out of the Jim Crow-era South: Klansmen, Neo-Nazis, and white nationalists wreaking havoc and committing murder in a relatively cozy, quaint...

“You’ll change your mind when you’re older.” It’s a statement that I’ve heard too many times to count, and it’s always delivered the same way: Just a little bit of casual ‘hint-hint, wink-wink’...

The media: it is a mammoth institution—the great gatekeeper of American democracy. Like it or not, the American people rely on the news media for the proper dissemination of information. At a time when...

In one of her first acts as governor, Kay Ivey signed a bill to get rid of Alabama’s judicial override law, the rule that formerly allowed judges in Alabama to go against the recommendation of a jury...

Hate-filled communities are far from hard to find online. There are big ones that are well known and get tens of thousands of views each month and small ones with only a handful of posters. They’re mostly...

Republicans have been frantically trying to whip votes over the past couple of weeks. In their mad dash to smite the Democrats and throw out Obamacare, they constructed an abomination of a healthcare bill...

The White House was riding high the day after the president’s first speech to Congress. Trump himself was reportedly basking in the positive feedback and news coverage that broke up the near constant...

Presidents like to take vacations. It’s a simple fact that we should all accept. Woodrow Wilson played around 1,200 rounds of golf during his less than 3,000 days in office; Dwight Eisenhower played...

It seems like it’s been a rough few months here huh? There’s a lot of negativity in the air from both parties about politics, the government in general and whether or not armed rebellion is a valid...

Donald Trump is a product of the entertainment media. Long before he was president, he mastered the art of packaging and presenting himself to the world. He literally built himself an empire and created...

I’m sitting in my western civilization class, watching my 
professor pace the front of the room. He’s talking fast, using big hand motions to act out a scene 
from history.“Now you guys all know...

The night of July 15 was a dramatic one for Turkey as a faction of their military attempted a coup. I had CNN on. The split screen showed shaky iPhone videos of protesting crowds on one side, and Anderson...

Intramural soccer is a great way to get outside, have some fun with friends and get in some exercise. It’s low-key, no-pressure fun. And you want to know the best part? My weak woman legs get me two...

American politics has always been full of backroom deals, dirty money changing hands, smoke filled rooms, a wink here, a nod there. It’s intriguing, exciting and scandalous. There are whole TV shows...