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    By Ariel Worthy The Birmingham Times   Nichelle Nix has not stopped networking since college. Since being appointed the first Director of the Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs...

    Photos by Stephonia Taylor Mclinn     Dr. Sheila Bailey, author and President of Sheila B Ministries Inc. delivered the keynote address for the Women of Wisdom...

By Ariel Worthy Times staff writer For the first time, the majority of students in public schools are children of color who make up the “new...

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer   STANFORD, Calif. (AP) _ Stanford hired University of Alabama at Birmingham coach Jerod Haase as its new basketball coach Friday,...

This year marks Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama 25th year of providing education, services, advocacy and research for caregivers and patients living in the 21...

by Alice Bernstein  As we celebrate the life of  Martin Luther King and his courageous opposition to racism and economic injustice, I want people to...

By Joseph Bryant Housing Authority of the Birmingham District The new executive director for the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District is wasting no time in...

By Richard Dickerson Special to The Times   Of the $500 million spent on consultants by the national Democratic Party over a three-year period, 98 percent of...

Barbershop Talk by Pete Stone As a barber I have witnessed many people participating in the shop talk issues, and many of them expected the same results...

LONDON (AP) — A lack of diversity in films and television is not just an American problem, according to actor Idris Elba. Hollywood’s Academy of...