Tag: national

By Derek Major Black Enterprise Google officially launched an initiative last week to provide 100,000 Black women with career development and digital skills training by 2022. The...

Black Voices Washington promoted Jennifer King to assistant running backs coach Tuesday, making her the first Black female assistant position coach in the NFL. She is...

WVNS TV CALABASAS, Calif. (NewsNation Now) — It’s been one year since NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others died in a...

By Kathleen Ronayne and Will Weissert Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making...

Times staff report Representative Chris England, of Tuscaloosa, was elected Chair of the Alabama Democratic Party on Saturday, becoming the first African-American to hold the...

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times Danny Carr, once interim Jefferson County district attorney (DA), on Tuesday took one step closer to getting the job permanently...

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times Outside, recordings of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches blared over speakers in front of Birmingham Civil...

By Christopher Torchia Associated Press   JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, prominent anti-apartheid activist and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, died in a hospital on Monday after a...

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. For The Birmingham Times Frank Russell had heard about the 5 a.m. prayer service of the National Baptist Deacons Convention but he...

By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News Minority patients face a double whammy: Not only are they more likely to miss out on effective medical treatments than...