Tag: opinion

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson As we approach Valentine’s Day on Tuesday Feb. 14, there’s always the temptation to place an expectation on our spouse or significant...

By Julianne Malveaux Just four days after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the inveterate warrior, Congressman John Conyers Jr....

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson With all the talk (or hype if you so choose to see it as such) about the New Year, one predominant question...

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson As we roll into 2023 (can you believe it’s already here), it’s always a good time to reflect. But the reflection I offer...

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson  While everyone else is focused on decorating and spreading holiday cheer, I firmly recognize this is not the case for everyone. Holidays...

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson Sometimes we can be duped by what we believe is our permanent reality. When things don’t change as quickly as we’d like, we...

By Josh Carpenter Since our founding in Birmingham more than 80 years ago, Southern Research has played a pivotal role in Birmingham’s economy and in...

By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson I chuckled when I thought about the encouraging information I’d share in this week’s column because I suspect many of you won’t...

 By Keisa Sharpe-Jefferson There’s nothing like a piece of bad news to make you really appreciate all the things that are going right in your...

By John Archibald | jarchibald@al.com This opinion column is another installment in a Birmingham Times/AL.com joint series on Gun Violence in the city. We talk a lot...