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By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times The World Games 2021 is much-anticipated by many Birmingham-area residents but none more than Kathy Boswell, who was appointed in...

By Jasmine Shaw For the Birmingham Times Shatysha “Tysh” Billingsley, owner of Finale, a luxury wine and dessert company, believes she was born to be a...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Through research, Amber Jones learned 64 percent of Americans have bad credit. Through personal experience, she knew her brother, a...

By Ameera Stewart The Birmingham Times Kenya Russell recognized a need for Birmingham’s creative community, so she came up with the right mix. Through research, she...

By Javacia Harris Bowser For The Birmingham Times Birmingham author Randi Pink wrote her latest novel Girls Like Us in 31 days. No, she wasn’t trying the...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times What started as a way to help one of his church members through the college admissions process has turned into...

By Ameera Steward The Birmingham Times Turning darkness into light has inspired fashion designer Jeff Austin both professionally and personally. The 23-year-old has dealt with depression—since...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times As an avid student of race and culture with a passion for telling stories, Majella Chube Hamilton wakes up and...

Haley Herfurth UAB News Cancer is a nondiscriminatory disease — affecting people of all races, ethnicities, genders and religions. But for some populations, there are “barriers...

By Erica Wright The Birmingham Times Dina Avery comes from a bloodline of steadfast people, including her father, Charles Avery Jr., who was one of the...