What the alt-right really wants, according to a professor writing a book about them
Washington Post – Nov. 22
Who makes up this movement, and what exactly are they trying to accomplish? George Hawley, a political scientist at the University of Alabama, has been interviewing people in the movement and is writing a book about it. He spoke with The Washington Post about what he had learned. A transcript of the interview is below, edited for length. What is the alt-right, and what do members want? It is predominantly an online phenomenon, and amorphous and somewhat diverse in terms of what the people who associate with the movement want, but really the core of the alt-right is white nationalism — or, at least, white identity politics. That’s what the people who are really pushing that movement forward stand for, even if not everyone who identifies with the alt-right or is an alt-right fellow traveler is fully on board with that message.
Roads more dangerous before Thanksgiving
Tuscaloosa News – Nov. 22
The three days leading up to Thanksgiving are the most dangerous time to be on the road, according to a recent University of Alabama study. UA’s Center for Advanced Public Safety found that there was a daily average of 460 crashes on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving in 2015. Daily averages for the rest of the year is 409. The number of crashes could go up this year, as experts predict the highest number of Thanksgiving travelers since 2007.
Anniston Star – Nov. 22 (Subscription only)
ABC 33/40 (Birmingham) – Nov. 21
NBC 13 (Birmingham) — Nov. 21
Book talk set next week at Archives and History
Andalusia Star News – Nov. 22
On Wed., Nov. 30, at noon, Ed Bridges will present a book talk on his new bicentennial history Alabama: The Making of an American State at the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH) in Montgomery. Alabama: The Making of an American State,released in the fall of 2016 by the University of Alabama Press, is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated new resource for anyone seeking a broad understanding of Alabama history. With the approaching bicentennial of statehood in 2019, this book offers a fresh perspective on the unique social, political, economic, and cultural forces that have shaped our state. Bridges began work on the book soon after he retired as Director Emeritus from the ADAH in 2012 after serving 30 years as director. However, thinking about the structure and interpretive approach began much earlier as he was guiding the agency’s work in designing new Museum of Alabama exhibits. His purpose, Bridges said, was to offer a new resource for the bicentennial period because “our understanding of the past serves as a framework that guides us in the decisions that we make about the future.”
SLIS to hold annual children’s and young adult book sale
WVUA 23 (Tuscaloosa) – Nov. 21
A big book sale is coming up just in time for the holidays. The University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Studies will hold it’s annual children’s and young adults’ book sale starting November 29. The book sale offers thousands of new inexpensive and free books. Proceeds go to literacy outreach activities with public libraries.
A new face on the news
Village Living (Mountain Brook) – Nov. 22
Kids usually grow up idolizing firefighters or professional athletes; few idolize the man on the 10 p.m. news. Jack Royer, however, dreamed of being a news anchor. “I don’t know when the start date was,” Royer said, trying to remember when he first decided to become a news anchor. “I think as soon as I was old enough to know what a camera was.” . . . Now a junior at the University of Alabama, Royer was announced as the new co-anchor for the 10 p.m. news in October. He will co-anchor with Tamika Alexander, another Alabama native, and will be one of the youngest permanent anchors for a weeknight newscast in the history of Birmingham television, according to a release. Royer turned 21 in November.