On The Eve Of Its IPO, Uber Can’t Shake A Lingering Legal Question
Att.net – May 8
Last month, the EU Parliament approved new rules to protect workers in the gig economy. It says companies engaging “on-demand, voucher-based and platform workers” must allow them to refuse work and be paid for canceled work … In Europe, “countries have been moving towards greater protections for gig workers, at least as compared to the U.S.,” University of Alabama law professor Deepa Das Acevedo says. So initiatives like the EU rules should not come “out of the blue.”
Fortune – May 9
States could succeed in getting Trump’s tax returns where Congress has failed
Los Angeles Times – May 8
To date, efforts to obtain President Trump’s personal income tax returns have gone nowhere. It is clear the president will never release them voluntarily, and the Treasury Department has stonewalled the House Ways and Means Committee’s request for them, despite a federal statute that allows Congress to review any taxpayer’s income tax returns. (Ronald J. Krotoszynski Jr. is a law professor at the University of Alabama and author of “Privacy Revisited: A Global Perspective on the Right to Be Left Alone.”)
Atmospheric Circulation Patterns Associated with Extreme United States Floods Identified via Machine Learning
Nature.com – May 9
The massive socioeconomic impacts engendered by extreme floods provides a clear motivation for improved understanding of flood drivers … Affiliations: Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA – Hamid Moradkhani.
They can never bury Karl Marx’s great ideas
Irish Examiner – May 8
The pioneering political theorist’s warnings about the inequities of capitalism are still relevant and will not be erased by the defacing of his tomb, writes T P O’Mahony … Marx’s argument was never with religion per se. What angered him was that he saw, as Professor Russell McCutcheon, of the University of Alabama, has explained, religion being used as a “pacifier that both deadened oppressed people’s sense of pain and alienation while, simultaneously, preventing them from doing anything about their lot in life, since ultimate responsibility was thought to reside with a being who existed outside of history.”
Why female shooters are rare
CNN – May 8
Two suspects believed to be students used handguns and opened fire in two classrooms at the STEM School Highlands Ranch near Denver on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. One was an 18-year-old male, the other a female juvenile, according to Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock … But in general, there are fewer female shooters when it comes to firearm homicides, Adam Lankford, a criminal justice professor at the University of Alabama, told CNN in 2018. FBI data from 2016 showed that 7.6% of offenders who committed murder were female.
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Remembering Filmmaker John Singleton’s Contributions to Higher Education Research and Practice
Diverse – May 8
Earlier this week, legendary filmmaker John Singleton was laid to rest in a private ceremony in Los Angeles, California. After suffering a stroke in mid-April, Singleton, 51, was hospitalized and remained on life support until early last week. (Dr. Steven D. Mobley is an assistant professor of higher education at the University of Alabama.)
10 Amazing things you can do with Apple Pay
Komando – May 9
When Apple Pay first came to the iPhone, many were unsure what the point of the service was. PayPal already existed, pay terminals were sparse, and very few banks were on board with Apple’s radical new cashless payment system … Whether you’re visiting for Graduation or are a student yourself, you’ll be surprised to find that Apple Pay is making its way into several schools and campus stores across the country. Currently, University of Alabama, Duke, University of Oklahoma, and Temple University accept Apple Pay all over campus.
Trump’s treasury secretary ‘breaks law’ by refusing to hand over president’s tax returns for investigation
Latest Nigerian News – May 8
The Trump administration has been accused of breaking the law after the US treasury secretary refused to provide Congress with the president’s tax returns … ‘The law here is exceptionally clear and says that Mnuchin ‘shall’ provide the tax returns to the Chair of House Ways and Means,’ tweeted Joyce Alene, a law professor at the University of Alabama.