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![Opinion | Save the environment. Ride a bus](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/MicrosoftTeams-image_7-1200x800.png)
Opinion | Save the environment. Ride a bus
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• April 17, 2024
![Opinion | Hop over that ‘1-inch-tall barrier’ and enjoy foreign films](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | Hop over that ‘1-inch-tall barrier’ and enjoy foreign films
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• March 31, 2024
![The Tuscaloosa County Jail, located on 26th Avenue.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MG_9497.jpeg)
Opinion | In Alabama, all roads lead back to mega-prisons
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• March 20, 2024
![Tuscaloosa Public Library located off of Jack Warner Parkway.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/RWT_0007-1.jpeg)
Opinion | Leave library policy to the professionals: Librarians
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• February 25, 2024
![Tuscaloosa Police Department office located on The Strip.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CNS_8637.jpeg)
Opinion | Without swatting-specific laws, Alabamians are at risk
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• February 21, 2024
![Opinion | Alabama residents deserve livable wages](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/uuidB6A12C8C-F6E0-4453-A8E0-02558117FB0Dlibrary1type1mode1loctruecaptrue-1200x800.png)
Opinion | Alabama residents deserve livable wages
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• February 7, 2024
![Opinion | Alabama must reform its parole-granting process](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | Alabama must reform its parole-granting process
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• January 28, 2024
![Opinion | Keep mifepristone on the market](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/82d09598-e258-4164-9135-948cb3864d63-Supreme_Court.jpeg)
Opinion | Keep mifepristone on the market
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• January 17, 2024
![Opinion | Alabama needs to protect its homeless population](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | Alabama needs to protect its homeless population
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• December 3, 2023
![Opinion | Alabama needs to prioritize maternity care](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/StroudDSC_0011.jpeg)
Opinion | Alabama needs to prioritize maternity care
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• November 1, 2023
![Opinion | Students shouldn’t be charged extra for facilities](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ELM_6053.jpeg)
Opinion | Students shouldn’t be charged extra for facilities
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• September 27, 2023
![Opinion | The brutal executions in Alabama prisons must end](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | The brutal executions in Alabama prisons must end
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• September 13, 2023
![Opinion | Let’s talk about Florida](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/version1uuidBA5093B5-F97A-4088-A396-F002D3DAC53Emodecompatiblenoloc0-1200x675.jpeg)
Opinion | Let’s talk about Florida
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• September 6, 2023
![Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., accused Democratic lawmakers of engaging in identity politics by using the term white nationalist as just another word that they want to use other than racism.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot_11.jpeg)
Opinion | How an ex-Auburn football coach has threatened national security
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• July 19, 2023
![The cast of “The Idol” at the Cannes Film Festival.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-07-05_4.jpeg)
Opinion | ‘The Idol’ became what it was mocking
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Writer
• July 5, 2023
![New York City is covered in haze as photographed from the Empire State Building observatory on June 7 in New York.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/MicrosoftTeams-image_40.png-900x506.jpg)
Opinion | Canadian wildfires serve as a wake-up call
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• June 14, 2023
![The Black Warrior River is one of the many bodies of water in Tuscaloosa, Ala.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/MicrosoftTeams-image_36.png-900x600.jpg)
Opinion | Protecting our waterways only benefits us
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• June 7, 2023
![Opinion | Alabama needs student debt relief](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/version1uuid003C8163-6505-47B4-B8A6-30F5A18AE944modecompatiblenoloc0.jpeg-900x900.jpg)
Opinion | Alabama needs student debt relief
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• March 22, 2023
![Opinions in quotation marks](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | The danger of permitless carry in Alabama
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• February 22, 2023
![Opinion | The importance of consuming localized media](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/EnHSpring_2018crop-900x425.jpg)
Opinion | The importance of consuming localized media
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• January 29, 2023
![CW file](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | The dangerous fine print of Alabama’s abortion laws
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• January 18, 2023
![Opinion | McLure Library matters](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Caroline_Simmons_2774-900x600.jpg)
Opinion | McLure Library matters
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• November 9, 2022
![Opinions in quotation marks](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/OPINIONS-GRAPHIC.jpeg)
Opinion | UA Should Offer Childcare to Faculty, Staff and Students
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• September 28, 2022
![Thundercat performs into a microphone.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/thundercat.jpeg)
An Evening with Thundercat at Iron City
Mary Claire Wooten, Contributing Writer
• September 25, 2022
![Students Shouldnt Overlook Local History](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/jemison-900x600.jpeg)
Students Shouldn’t Overlook Local History
Mary Claire Wooten, Staff Columnist
• August 17, 2022
![CW/ David Gray](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/082621___DG0004-900x600.jpeg)
Value the fun organizations on campus
Mary Claire Wooten, Contributing Columnist
• August 9, 2022
![Restorative justice rehabilitates](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Restorative_Jo_Dyess-696x900.png)
Restorative justice rehabilitates
Savannah Ichikawa and Mary Claire Wooten
• February 2, 2022
![Former Alabama football coach’s daughters honor his legacy](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/88_Feature.jpeg)
Former Alabama football coach’s daughters honor his legacy
Mary Claire Wooten, Contributing Writer
• November 7, 2021
![Covers of each of the three journals mentioned in the article.](https://thecrimsonwhite.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Literary_Journals-01-1-900x422.png)
Literary gateways on UA’s campus
Mary Claire Wooten, Contributing Writer
• October 24, 2021
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