In many areas of public policy, one could argue the United States is far less progressive than countries in the European Union. We’ve become used to hearing how the U.S. is behind our neighbors across...

Tuscaloosa is growing, quickly. Last week I visited the new Fresh Market, one of the crowning jewels of Legacy Park, a $55 million project at the intersection of McFarland and 13th street. Across the street...

By Almosa Pirela-Jones | Staff ColumnistSummer break has drawn to a hasty close, and students have traded in their beach towels and sunglasses for textbooks and Starbucks cups. All the trappings of fall...

While college football fans around the country salivate in anticipation of the 2015 season, families across the country mourn the loss of loved ones as a result of a gunfire.You probably have heard by...

Last Friday, the University of Alabama Feminist Caucus (UAFC) held a rally titled “Celebrating Women.” Afterward, one of its attendees, anti-abortion proponent Ruth Bishop, posed this question to our...

Feminism: a movement to end sexism and sexist oppression. This is how bell hooks, one of the most influential black feminist thinkers of our time, defines feminism. Feminism has been defined in various...

Last Friday, I attended the UA Feminist Caucus’ rally and was met by a diverse array of students, including many men. This heterogeneous mix of students scattered about the Ferg promenade could be touted...

As I sat in the Ferguson Theater Saturday afternoon, several thoughts occurred to me. First, I was totally captured by the edgy but still politically correct, passionate rhetoric of Lilly Ledbetter. Second,...

Feb. 26, 2015 is the day Robert Bentley stopped acting like a Tuscaloosa dermatologist and started acting like the governor of Alabama. When state Senator Bill Holtzclaw (R-Madison) put up a billboard...

I wonder what the mood was like in the Mal Moore Athletic Complex on August 17th, when the National Labor Relations Board announced that Northwestern football players would not be able to unionize. Was...

I should preface my thoughts by stating that I am not currently and have never been affiliated with any Greek organization at The University of Alabama or any other institution for that matter. Therefore,...