Tag: election
Pastor Fernandez Sims on running for mayor: ‘We have 99 neighborhoods...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Pastor Fernandez Sims has announced his bid for Mayor of Birmingham.
Sims, a pastor of Charis Community Church and case manager...
Contractor Chris Woods believes he can unseat Mayor William Bell. Here’s...
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Chris Woods, son of civil rights leader Bishop Calvin Woods, has announced his candidacy for Mayor of Birmingham.
Woods, President and...
A post-election healing plan? College class comes up short
By Matt Sedensky
AP National Writer
ATLANTA (AP) -- The classroom held all the moroseness of a funeral parlor. Just 16 hours had passed since Donald...
Local supporters of Clinton and Trump left stunned, elated
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
Isabel Rubio, executive director of the Birmingham-based Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama, prefers to look on the bright side.
“One thing...
Analysis: Trump’s win a shock to the system
By Kathleen Hennessey
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A shockwave.
There's no other way to describe the massive change Americans voted for Tuesday.
In electing Donald Trump to...
Black Women Will Elect the Next President
By Freddie Allen
National Newspaper Publishers Association
Black women will play a key role in electing the next president, according to a recent report by the...
More than ever, this election threatens to divide us, says UAB...
By Bob Shepard
UAB News
This election, perhaps as no other before, threatens to destroy longstanding friendships and relationships, according to Josh Klapow, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist...
Ed May II Elected Mayor of Fairfield
By Idrissa N Snider
For The Birmingham Times
Ed May, II was elected Tuesday as mayor of Fairfield.
May received 1,004 votes to Johnnie Wyatt’s 922 in...
Voters in Brighton, 50 other cities, go to polls Tuesday to...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
On Tuesday, Aug. 23 residents in the cities of Brighton; Fairfield; Midfield and dozens of other Birmingham metro area cities...
HIGH COURT’S ELECTION-YEAR LINEUP RICH IN HIGH-PROFILE CASES
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court's lineup of new cases is fit for an election year.
Affirmative action, abortion and another look at the Obama...