Watch, react, repeat: What the racist Columbia University video reveals
NBC News – Dec. 12
When Julian von Abele said it on tape, he was exuberant. “White people are the best thing that ever happened to the world.” … In August, a University of Alabama researcher found that about 6 percent of white Americans surveyed share the alt-right’s views, including a strong sense of white racial victimization, solidarity and pride.
Could federal criminal justice reform spur action in Alabama?
AL.com – Dec 14
Congressional leaders hope a rare piece of bipartisan legislation on criminal justice reform will be approved by the end of the month. . . . Jenny Carroll, a professor of law at the University of Alabama’s School of Law, said the provisions within the legislation are structured to help save costs, something which she believes could be “appealing” to Alabama lawmakers.
Something is broken
Cape Cod Times – Dec. 13
Tomorrow marks the sixth anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting. According to data from the Gun Violence Archive, a total of 314 mass shooting incidents have occurred in the U.S. in 2018 – as of late last month … A 2015 study at the University of Alabama found that residents of the United States make up only about 4.4 percent of the global population, but we own 42 percent of all the world’s guns.
REACH program employees pack stockings for Live Beyond
WVUA (Tuscaloosa) – Dec. 13
A group from the RISE center at the University of Alabama making sure kids from another country won’t go without this holiday season. People at RISE played Santa elves for a day to get dozens of gifts ready to send to children in need overseas.
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Dec. 13
Can Ex-Presidents run for office in Ghana? A constitutional analysis
Ghana Web – Dec. 14
Increasingly Ghanaians are being confused by events in the country regarding the issue of ex-Presidents running for office. To preserve democracy and peace in the country, this issue must be addressed timely … Author: Professor Seth Appiah-Opoku, University of Alabama.
Our stocking runneth over with holiday events this week
Tuscaloosa News – Dec. 14
UA Opera Theatre’s bringing back its popular performance of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at 3 p.m. in Bryant-Jordan Hall, on Bryce Lawn Drive. After partial, scenes-only performances, Paul Houghtaling created full-scale performances for 2016 and 2017.