Category : News

Birmingham Group Works to Free Women From Jail; Reunite Families for Mother’s Day

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. Many parents charged...

Business Owner L’Tryce Slade Reflects on IVF Journey, Finding a Balance in Motherhood

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson | The Birmingham Times After building a successful Alabama construction company, earning a Juris Doctorate (J.D.) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and being honored by more than a dozen local and national...

Birmingham Mother, Daughter Embrace the Sweet Life Together

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Evelyn Sherard and daughter Kenya Pickens are having fun inside Velvet Kake LLC, owned by Pickens, at 2466 Old Springville Road in Clay, Alabama. As Mother’s Day—Sunday, May 12—approaches, the two pose for a photos...

Bill Allowing Cameras to Help Curtail Exhibition Driving in Birmingham Headed to Governor

The Birmingham Times Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin. Birmingham Mayor Randall L. Woodfin said late Wednesday that passage of HB 474 to allow cameras to help law enforcement address dangerous exhibition driving will “make a major impact.” The bill n...

DeWayne Bailey’s Mission to Help Alabama’s Rural and Public Hospitals

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Don’t ask DeWayne Bailey what it’s like to be named one of Birmingham’s 40 under 40, an honor bestowed by The Birmingham Business Journal (BBJ) this year on up-and-coming local professionals who have distinguished...

Is Artificial Intelligence a Friend or Foe?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is advancing so fast that our government and private companies are rushing to try to get ahead of the curve. This new age of AI technology has ushered in a new electronic criminal that has endless scam possibil...

“I hug him and squeeze him so tight. I tell him I love him every day.”

L’TRYCE SLADE, AFTER HAVING HER BABY THROUGH IN VITRO FERTILIZATION (IVF); THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES, MAY 5.

Ron Porter: African patriots in America

& by Ron Porter Each year, July 4th celebrates the formal declaration of war that led to the founding of the United States of America. With a foundational belief in the concept that “all men are created equal,” subjects of the British monarchy re...

Eight People Rushed To Hospital After Bus Crash In Castries

On Wednesday, Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) personnel rushed eight people to the hospital after a bus ran off the road at Vide Bouteille, Castries. At about 4:28 pm, emergency responders learned of the incident near Peter & Company Auto. When t...

NDG Book Review: Books on Mothers and Motherhood

By Terri Schlichenmeyer Everybody’s had one at least once in their lives. Some people get two or more, while others don’t currently have any. Whatever your situation, this is a good time to read about mothers and being somebody’s Mom, so why not try...

Kim Godwin’s exit from ABC sparks debate on Black leadership in TV news

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior National Correspondent Kim Godwin, a trailblazing figure as the president of ABC News and the first Black woman to lead a major network news division, has unexpectedly resigned, leaving a significant void in the ongoing...

‘Hell’s Kitchen’ – A thrilling musical journey through Alicia Keys’ soul

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior National Correspondent In the heart of Manhattan, blocks from the 43rd Street and Ninth Avenue apartment on the 42nd floor where the story unfolds lies the Shubert Theater at 44th Street near Eighth Avenue, currently hom...

“My goal was to crash the party:” addressing youth gun violence

The Marion County Public Health Department hosted over two dozen community organizations for an event to address youth gun violence. Half an hour into the meeting, Kareem Hines brought a group of teen boys from New B.O.Y (Breed of Youth), a mento...

Paul Quinn grads are flying high after special gift from Southwest Airlines

By David Wilfong NDG Contributing Writer Paul Quinn College, the Dallas-based HBCU located just off IH-45 in the southern sector, held its graduation ceremony in the school chapel on Saturday morning. Family and friends gathered to congratulate the 7...

Disparate Births: Racial imbalance in IVF treatment

By Allen Gray NDG Special Contributor There is no racism when it comes to in vitro fertilization (IVF), per se. But when you take into consideration everything all together, all at once you will find that there is a grave racial disparity in the numb...