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Associated Black Charities will host a Community Conversation in Cherry Hill tonight, Feb.19, with a goal of connecting residents with neighborhood resources while centering their lived experiences. The event will take place at 6 p.m. inside of the Baum Auditorium at Medstar Harbor Hospital.
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As demand for artificial intelligence grows, a proposed hyperscale data center in Landover, Md., has sparked concerns among residents about environmental, health and infrastructure impacts. Community advocates warn the project could disproportionately burden historically Black neighborhoods unless enforceable protections are put in place.
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By Solomon Crenshaw Jr. | For The Birmingham Times Chip Thomas, coach of Fore Alabama Kids, the Birmingham affiliate of the First Tee program, walks across a hardwood floor inside a gymnasium at Hemphill Elementary in Birmingham’s Arlington-West End Neighborhood. After Thomas opens the session with exercise and balance drills, youngsters from kindergarten to fifth […]

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times Business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators filled Birmingham’s Red Mountain Theatre on Wednesday for the annual A.G. Gaston Conference under a theme of “Legacy, Leverage, and Liberation: Accumulating Assets That Lead to Wealth.”  The daylong conference served as a catalyst for empowerment, choice, and community transformation. The gathering […]