Tag: poverty
How the Newly Named CEO Plans to Remake Alabama Regional Medical...
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Thomas “Ted” Greer knows what it’s like to do without. The new CEO of Alabama Regional Medical Services (ARMS) understands...
Inside ‘Little Korea’ – One of Birmingham’s Poorest Communities
By Ryan Michaels
The Birmingham Times
Some of the work Jim Peppler is most proud while covering the South is his photography in forgotten communities, like...
Birmingham to Host Mass Meeting As Part of ‘Poor People’s Campaign’
Times staff report
The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II and the Rev Dr. Liz Theoharis will co-lead a Moral Revival mass meeting in Birmingham...
Mayor-elect Randall Woodfin announces co-chairs of citizen-led committees
By Nick Patterson
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham’s Mayor-elect Randall Woodfin on Tuesday announced six co-chairs of citizen-led committees which he said would be instrumental in moving...
What The President’s Change to the Affordable Care Act Means For...
By Eugene Kiely
Factcheck.org
The Department of Health and Human Services has announced it will “immediately” stop making payments that help low-income people pay for out-of-pocket health care...
Federal lawsuit alleges Fair Housing violations and discrimination in redevelopment of...
By Nick Patterson
The Birmingham Times
A federal lawsuit seeking to stop planned redevelopment of Birmingham’s Southtown Court public housing community contends that the city of...
Birmingham City Schools Step to End Global Poverty
Birmingham Partnerships In Action hosted their annual Birmingham Partnership Walk on Sunday, September 22, 2013, at Railroad Park. During the event A.H. Parker High...