Alabama Tag
NPR Caught Spreading Fake News About Hospital Bed Situation in Some Southern States
on September 16, 2021
35 Comments
NPR alarmed readers after reporting on an Alabama heart patient who, according to his family, died after being "turned away from 43 ICUs in 3 states" that were purportedly at capacity with COVID patients. A deeper dive into the story didn't match the hype....
Alabama State Board of Education Bans Critical Race Theory
on August 16, 2021
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“the Alabama State Board of Education believes that all individuals are endowed with equal inalienable rights, without respect to race or sex.”...
Auburn University Offering $1,000 Scholarships and Other Perks for Students to Get COVID Vaccine
on July 30, 2021
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"also offering student organizations the chance to win prizes if all of their members are vaccinated"...
U. Alabama Huntsville Sued for Violating Recently Implemented Free Speech Law
on July 16, 2021
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"for violating the free-speech rights of student activists and for breaking a 2019 state law and the free-speech protections of the state constitution"...
Suspect in Multi-State Shooting Spree Allegedly Targeted White Men
on June 17, 2021
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Justin Tyran Roberts told the detective "white males had taken from him, and also what he described as ‘military-looking white males’ had taken from him."...
College Student Who Left Alabama to Join ISIS Six Years Ago Now Wants to Come Home
on May 29, 2021
8 Comments
"this horrible way of life that I really regret for the rest of my life and that I wish I could just erase."...
Judson College in Alabama Closing Permanently in July
on May 07, 2021
1 Comment
"Enrollment had also significantly dwindled over the years, going from 145 last year to 80 this year."...
Three U. South Alabama Profs on Leave After Photo From 2014 Show Them in ‘Offensive’ Costumes
on March 08, 2021
6 Comments
“It paints the picture that these professors are more so trying to do damage control than actually be sincere about their feelings. I personally would like to see them face to face.”...
Controversy Erupts Over Trump Administration’s Choice of Alabama for Space Command HQ
on January 19, 2021
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Air Force Secretary Barbara M. Barrett announced that U.S. Space Command should move from Colorado to Alabama a week before resigning.
Feds investigate potential link between University of Alabama & Wuhan Institute of Virology
on January 10, 2021
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The U.S. Department of Education is investigating a potential link between the University of Alabama and the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the facility that may be the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Judson College Won’t Begin Spring Semester Unless It Can Raise $500K By Year’s End
on December 20, 2020
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School was founded in 1838....
Auburn University Now Investigating Students for Going to Crowded Bars
on August 24, 2020
2 Comments
"investigating students packing into bars without masks or social distancing measures while in the midst of a pandemic"...
Auburn University Reports $15 Million in Losses Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
on July 11, 2020
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"The University refunded approximately $13 million for room and board as well as study abroad fees for the spring semester."...
College Students in Alabama Allegedly Attending ‘COVID Parties’
on July 03, 2020
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"It makes no sense. They're intentionally doing it."...
U. Alabama-Birmingham Egyptologist Tweets Instructions for Pulling Down Monuments During Protests
on June 02, 2020
33 Comments
While most Americans were worrying about their communities, preparing to protect themselves from continued civil unrest, and attempting to restore peace, a University of Alabama -Birmingham professor fanned the flames of hate.
Trump Tells Sessions to ‘Drop Out’ of Senate Race, Claims He has ‘No Courage’ and ‘Ruined Many Lives’
on May 25, 2020
126 Comments
President Donald Trump went off on his former attorney general Jeff Sessions on Twitter after Sessions claimed Alabama "can and does trust" him.
Sessions is running for his old Alabama Senate seat. He will face off against former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville, who has received Trump's endorsement.
New Prof at Auburn U. Won’t Say School Chant Because it Includes the Word ‘War’
on May 17, 2020
2 Comments
"Yeah I know I’m being a party pooper but it’s the kind of language thing that sticks with me."...
