Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

A Chick’s guide to the 2024 Cadillac XT4

Let’s face it: navigating the luxury car scene can be tough, especially when it feels like every option is designed for a stereotypical businessman. But fear not, ladies! The 2024 Cadillac XT4 is here to redefine luxury for the modern woman.&...

Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in a women’s rights desert – here’s what life was like then

A group of men and women, including two soldiers, on a porch in Fort Verde, Ariz., in 1886. Buyenlarge/Getty Images by Calvin Schermerhorn, Arizona State University Dora Juhl, a 15-year-old teenager, walked into Dr. Rosa Goodrich Boido’s obstetrical...

Atlanta set to host College Football Playoff for second time, supporting local education

College Football Playoff championship trophy during a stop at M. Agnes Elementary School earlier this week. Photo by Noah Washington/The Atlanta Voice On Tuesday, April 30, the College Football Playoff (CFP) held a press conference announcing the...

CFB Playoff trophy makes its way to local elementary school

Art is Love. Atlanta is Art.

“Atlanta” is located on the northwest side wall of the Glen Hotel in downtown Atlanta. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice Atlanta, like many major metropolitan cities around the world, has thousands of murals painting its landscap...

Petersburg Casino Proposal Would Be First-of-its-Kind Partnership

"Petersburg is on the brink of a transformative opportunity with the proposal of a groundbreaking casino venture. Backed by Bruce Smith Enterprise and The Cordish Companies, the $1.4 billion Live! Gaming & Entertainment District promises to rede...

For People Just Out of Prison; Birmingham, Partners Launch Novel Re-Entry Program

By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times In an extraordinary show of collaboration, more than a dozen area partners, including the City of Birmingham, on Wednesday launched a one-year re-entry pilot program to transform how the city serves people rel...

Behind the Rise of Human Trafficking in the Birmingham Area

By Alaina Bookman | abookman@al.com This is another installment in Birmingham Times/AL.com/CBS42 joint series “Beyond the Violence: what can be done to address Birmingham’s rising homicide rate.” Sign up for the newsletter here. Justin Bowlin, a Jeff...

Families, Advocates Share What Could Stop Gun Violence in Alabama

By Alaina Bookman | abookman@al.com University of Alabama student Makayla Jordan, is now a Member Of Students Demand Action. (Provided) Makayla Jordan, 20, a University of Alabama student, said she has feared dying since the in-school shooting death...

Renew Birmingham Aims to Curb Violence, Connect Neighbors

FBI Birmingham Equips Miles College Police With Tactical Vests

By Barnett Wright | The Birmingham Times On Wednesday, FBI Birmingham equipped Miles College police officers with legacy body armor designed to provide underfunded departments with effective equipment as another level of protection. Carlton Peeples,...

Author Lisa Craig Taylor Embraced Her Pain to Show Others Their Purpose

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | For The Birmingham Times Last year, Lisa Craig Taylor found that, even with all her accomplishments, she was engulfed in a sea of depression. She had learned to “embrace that there’s purpose in your pain” when her first hu...

Looking Backward to See What May Be Ahead of You

One of the challenges with living is the ability to be able to look back upon our lives. For some of us, it’s an enjoyable activity. But for others, that glance in the rearview mirror of life can be a challenge because of a word we don’t...

How Scammers Can Use Your Own Voice Against You

As we continue to explore some of the fastest growing scams in 2024, this week’s safety article will review how your own voice can become a weapon to steal your money. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has given scammers a tool to perfectly clone your voi...

A. Peter Bailey: Disunified Black folks under serious attack

by A. Peter Bailey (TriceEdneyWire.com)—An admittedly way too small number of Black people in the USA strongly believe that we put ourselves in ongoing cultural, economic and political danger by not being more unified. Those who don’t believe in the...