Birmingham Times
An Overlooked Epidemic: Older Americans Taking Too Many Unneeded Drugs
By Sandra G. Boodman
Kaiser Health News
Consider it America’s other prescription drug epidemic.
For decades, experts have warned that older Americans are taking too many unnecessary drugs,...
‘Don’t try to change your spouse’
By Chanda Temple
Special to The Birmingham Times
Photos by Oscar Matthews
“You Had Me at Hello’’ highlights married couples and the love that binds them. If...
‘Power of the sister’ vote made the difference for Doug Jones
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Before the Democratic operatives arrived … before the heavy television, newspaper and radio political advertisements hit the airwaves … a...
Birmingham Playwrights Take Center Stage
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Local playwright Allison Sanders remembers the venue for her first play.
“We would have talent shows on my porch,” said the...
Woodlawn High’s Te’Shara Colley once put together her own theater program
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Te’Shara Colley went to one play when she was a child. That’s all it took.
Colley, 33, known by her stage...
Ensley’s Tyesha Brown left Magic City for LA, but remembers her...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Playwright Tyesha Brown graduated from Ensley High School and loves her hometown, but she is not one to remain in...
Artistic Director Alicia Johnson Williams makes it happen for young people
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Alicia Johnson Williams, artistic director of Make It Happen Theater Company (MIHTC) and director of college relations at Miles College,...
Priscilla Hancock Cooper knows the importance of mentors. So she became...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
At an early age, Priscilla Hancock Cooper recognized the importance of mentors and artists.
“I grew up working for a black...
Drae Jackson, Birmingham native, to premiere HBCU documentary in hometown next...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Drae Jackson oversees an international talent representation, management, marketing, music label and entertainment group, but there is only one place...
The Spirit of St. Luke Ministry is keeping a promise to...
Times staff report
The Spirit of Luke Ministry, a Birmingham-based non-profit clinic which provides healthcare services to underserved people in the Black Belt of Alabama,...
