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The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Tuscaloosa deserves more than a raise: it deserves a future

Ben Jackson January 21, 2016

When presidential-hopeful Bernie Sanders addressed a packed auditorium in Birmingham this week, many UA students listened intently from the crowd. Among them was Kyle Campbell, who wrote an op-ed in The...

Tuscaloosa deserves a raise

Kyle Campbell January 15, 2016

Earlier this week, John Bel Edwards was sworn in as Governor of Louisiana. His first act as governor was to issue an executive order to expand Medicaid – and just like that, 300,000 Louisianans were...

Minimum wage to increase at local company

Samuel Yang June 24, 2014

Students seeking employment in the state of Alabama can count on getting paid at least $7.25 an hour. An executive order signed by the president and implemented in mid-June seeks to raise the federal minimum...

Demystifying the minimum wage

Michael Annes February 17, 2011

The idea behind the minimum wage is to help low income workers by using the power of the state to threaten to imprison people who create a labor contract with a wage lower than whatever the government...