Birmingham Times
Green Acres Middle to receive a $1.49M grant to improve school
By Chanda Temple
Birmingham City Schools
Green Acres Middle School Principal Dr. Willie Goldsmith is on Cloud 9.
He recently learned that his school has earned a $1.49 million...
Teaching young adults to prevent and end homelessness
By Carla P. Kennedy-Mboumba
Special to The Times
On Nov. 12, Youth Towers, Inc. presented An Enchanted Masquerade at the George T. French Jr. Student Activity...
Alabama NAACP: Don’t shop on Black Friday; be aware of Jeff...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
The Alabama chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Monday encouraged citizens to not...
International HIV symposium comes to Birmingham
By Alicia Rohan
Researchers and advocates from around the world will gather at the University of Alabama at Birmingham for the Inter-Center for AIDS Research Symposium...
Christina Renteria: Driven by passion, not profit
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For The Birmingham Times
Christina Renteria is not your average millennial. She obtained her law degree by age 24 and entered corporate...
AlabamaWorks marks latest evolution in state’s workforce development
By Michael Tomberlin
Alabama NewsCenter
The forces behind a years-long effort to align the state’s education and worker training efforts to meet the needs of business...
Tuskegee advances in Division II football playoffs
By Donald Hunt
For The Birmingham Times
It’s not easy to win a playoff game on the road. It requires a huge effort, but Tuskegee was...
African-American aviators made history at Tuskegee, and in WWII
By Erin Harney
Alabama NewsCenter
The Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
The Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site is at Moton airfield, near Tuskegee. The airfield served as...
Reports say Kanye West has been hospitalized in Los Angeles
By The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye West has been hospitalized after abruptly canceling the last 21 dates of his national tour, according...
Surgeon general report: ‘Addiction is not a character flaw’
By Carla K. Johnson
AP Medical Writer
In what may be his last significant act as President Barack Obama’s surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy released a...
