Revisiting Birmingham’s Bid to Host the Democratic National Convention

| July 13, 2017 

 ========= Old Image Removed =========Array
(
    [_wp_attached_file] => Array
        (
            [0] => 2014/07/dncpitchparty.png
        )

    [_wp_attachment_metadata] => Array
        (
            [0] => a:5:{s:5:"width";i:608;s:6:"height";i:605;s:4:"file";s:25:"2014/07/dncpitchparty.png";s:5:"sizes";a:10:{s:6:"medium";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:25:"dncpitchparty-336x334.png";s:5:"width";i:336;s:6:"height";i:334;s:9:"mime-type";s:9:"image/png";}s:9:"thumbnail";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:25:"dncpitchparty-140x140.png";s:5:"width";i:140;s:6:"height";i:140;s:9:"mime-type";s:9:"image/png";}s:9:"wbhm-icon";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:23:"dncpitchparty-80x80.png";s:5:"width";i:80;s:6:"height";i:80;s:9:"mime-type";s:9:"image/png";}s:13:"wbhm-featured";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:25:"dncpitchparty-608x450.png";s:5:"width";i:608;s:6:"height";i:450;s:9:"mime-type";s:9:"image/png";}s:20:"wbhm-featured-square";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:25:"dncpitchparty-600x600.png";s:5:"width";i:600;s:6:"height";i:600;s:9:"mime-type";s:9:"image/png";}s:18:"wbhm-featured-home";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:25:"dncpitchparty-313x311.png";s:5:"width";i:313;s:6:"height";i:311;s:9:"mime-type";s:9:"image/png";}s:22:"wbhm-featured-carousel";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:25:"dncpitchparty-266x265.png";s:5:"width";i:266;s:6:"height";i:265;s:9:"mime-type";s:9:"image/png";}s:28:"ab-block-post-grid-landscape";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:25:"dncpitchparty-600x400.png";s:5:"width";i:600;s:6:"height";i:400;s:9:"mime-type";s:9:"image/png";}s:25:"ab-block-post-grid-square";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:25:"dncpitchparty-600x600.png";s:5:"width";i:600;s:6:"height";i:600;s:9:"mime-type";s:9:"image/png";}s:14:"post-thumbnail";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:25:"dncpitchparty-125x125.png";s:5:"width";i:125;s:6:"height";i:125;s:9:"mime-type";s:9:"image/png";}}s:10:"image_meta";a:12:{s:8:"aperture";s:1:"0";s:6:"credit";s:0:"";s:6:"camera";s:0:"";s:7:"caption";s:0:"";s:17:"created_timestamp";s:1:"0";s:9:"copyright";s:0:"";s:12:"focal_length";s:1:"0";s:3:"iso";s:1:"0";s:13:"shutter_speed";s:1:"0";s:5:"title";s:0:"";s:11:"orientation";s:1:"0";s:8:"keywords";a:0:{}}}
        )

    [_imagify_optimization_level] => Array
        (
            [0] => 1
        )

    [_imagify_data] => Array
        (
            [0] => a:2:{s:5:"stats";a:3:{s:13:"original_size";i:1647928;s:14:"optimized_size";i:565999;s:7:"percent";d:65.650000000000006;}s:5:"sizes";a:9:{s:4:"full";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:53:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2014/07/dncpitchparty.png";s:13:"original_size";i:578315;s:14:"optimized_size";i:196622;s:7:"percent";d:66;}s:9:"thumbnail";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:61:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2014/07/dncpitchparty-140x140.png";s:13:"original_size";i:39826;s:14:"optimized_size";i:14368;s:7:"percent";d:63.920000000000002;}s:6:"medium";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:61:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2014/07/dncpitchparty-336x334.png";s:13:"original_size";i:195416;s:14:"optimized_size";i:66282;s:7:"percent";d:66.079999999999998;}s:9:"wbhm-icon";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:59:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2014/07/dncpitchparty-80x80.png";s:13:"original_size";i:14226;s:14:"optimized_size";i:6018;s:7:"percent";d:57.700000000000003;}s:13:"wbhm-featured";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:61:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2014/07/dncpitchparty-600x338.png";s:13:"original_size";i:328493;s:14:"optimized_size";i:115771;s:7:"percent";d:64.760000000000005;}s:20:"wbhm-featured-square";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:61:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2014/07/dncpitchparty-300x300.png";s:13:"original_size";i:159579;s:14:"optimized_size";i:53537;s:7:"percent";d:66.450000000000003;}s:18:"wbhm-featured-home";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:61:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2014/07/dncpitchparty-313x311.png";s:13:"original_size";i:171641;s:14:"optimized_size";i:57846;s:7:"percent";d:66.299999999999997;}s:22:"wbhm-featured-carousel";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:61:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2014/07/dncpitchparty-266x265.png";s:13:"original_size";i:128109;s:14:"optimized_size";i:43616;s:7:"percent";d:65.950000000000003;}s:14:"post-thumbnail";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:61:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2014/07/dncpitchparty-125x125.png";s:13:"original_size";i:32323;s:14:"optimized_size";i:11939;s:7:"percent";d:63.060000000000002;}}}
        )

    [_imagify_status] => Array
        (
            [0] => success
        )

    [_media_credit] => Array
        (
            [0] => Kyle Whitmire
        )

    [_navis_media_credit_org] => Array
        (
            [0] => Al.com
        )

    [_navis_media_can_distribute] => Array
        (
            [0] => 
        )

)
1655608264 
1499932378

There’s the adage that hindsight is 20-20. Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald is applying this idea to a bid the City of Birmingham made a few years ago to host the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Birmingham didn’t win, but Archibald says it wasn’t really about winning a convention in the first place.

 

Screen addiction and suicidal behaviors are linked for teens, a study shows

The study, published in JAMA, followed teens for years and evaluated addictive behaviors, as well as suicidality.

Trump administration cuts specialized suicide prevention service for LGBTQ+ youth

The 988 Suicide and Crisis Prevention Lifeline included a service that provided specialized suicide prevention support by phone and text for LGBTQ+ kids. That's ending.

HIV prevention drug hailed as a ‘breakthrough’ gets FDA approval

A drug called lenacapavir, administered in two injections a year, offers protection from HIV comparable to daily pills. One looming question: Will it be affordable for lower resource countries?

The U.S. could use ‘bunker buster’ bombs in Iran. Here’s what to know about them

Iran's most fortified nuclear facility, called Fordow, is buried deep inside a mountain. Only the U.S. has the 30,000-pound bombs — often referred to as "bunker busters" — capable of reaching it.

If a U.S. ‘bunker buster’ hits a nuclear site, what might get released into the air?

So far, strikes on Iran's facilities have created limited chemical and radiological hazards. Experts say that's not likely to change even if the U.S. uses a big bomb.

Pro-Trump media figures split over the U.S. role in the Israel-Iran conflict

Many of President Trump's nominal media allies are breaking with him over his backing of Israel, arguing it will lead to a wider war.

More Front Page Coverage