Tag: politics
Civil rights groups furious in opposition to Jeff Sessions nod for...
By Lauren Victoria Burke
NNPA Newswire
The first sentence from the statement by Color of Change Executive Director Rashad Robinson that was released hours after the...
Birmingham Waters Works Board approves 3-year contract with law firm, draws...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB) on Tuesday, Nov. 22 approved a three-year contract with its law firm, despite withering...
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...
Moving The Goalposts – An Early Look At How Trump’s Presidency...
By Bijan C. Bayne
©2016, The Shadow League
U.S. presidents have historically taken a healthy interest in sports and recreation. Through time, their play, their fandom,...
Jefferson County’s historic number of black female judges come highly qualified
Times staff report
Their professional experiences run the gamut — from lawyers in private practice to partners in major law firms; from elected judges to...
Protesters come out against Trump’s polarizing rhetoric
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Protests, walk-outs, and rallies have spread across the county since the election of Republican Donald Trump and in Birmingham demonstrations...
I would have never believed
By Dr. Jesse Lewis, Sr.
It is almost impossible to believe that Donald Trump won the Presidency. Here is a man who criticized women and...
Trump’s America: Where do we go from here?
By Kathryn Sesser-Dorné
Eight years ago I waited in Grant Park with then-Senator Barack Obama as election results poured in.
It was an amazing night for...
PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies of cancer
By David Bauder
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of PBS' "NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff and a veteran journalist who moderated two vice...
Gwen Ifill, trailblazer for journalists of color, dies at age 61
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Gwen Ifill, a trailblazer for African-American journalists, has died after a battle with cancer. She was 61.
Ifill was named the...
