Birmingham Times
Golden Krust’s Lowell Hawthorne commits suicide
Jamaica Observer
The founder and CEO of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill killed himself inside his Bronx factory Saturday, police sources said. Lowell Hawthorne,...
Desperate For Coverage: Are Short-Term Plans Better Than None At All?
By Julie Appleby
Kaiser Health News
When one of Cindy Holtzman’s clients told the Woodstock, Ga., broker he was considering dropping his Affordable Care Act plan...
Florida lottery winner to use part of $52M to transform district
By Brittany Wallman
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A childhood in the black community of Memphis. A cruise line career that delivered him to...
Why home schooling is an increasing option for black families
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
For educators at the Black Star Academy Home School Co-Op in Forestdale, there is the holistic and then...
Pastor, educators didn’t have a ‘village’. So they created one
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
It takes a village to raise a child—and it took a pastor, parents, and a pair of community...
Pros and Cons of Home Schooling
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
Home schooling options are especially important when considering the state of the public education system, said Erica Stephens,...
Husband and wife team found love and now they teach others
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
Every second Friday of the month, Tremon Muhammad and his wife, April, go live on Facebook on one...
Clarissa Kenty, a Former Miss Black USA, goes online to talk...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
What began as a radio show to keep women in the know has become a popular weekly talk show on...
UAB students make global health impact through serving African countries
By Jimmy Creed
UAB News
Women in the Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement in northwestern Uganda lack many of life’s most basic necessities, and those inadequacies often...
Family-owned Birmingham store among Big Pitch winners
Times staff report
Rodriquez and Brianna Cowans of R&M Convenience Store won the $20,000 grand prize and the $5,000 popular vote prize in this year’s...
