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Enoch Pratt Free Library will host its sold-out 38th Annual Booklovers’ Breakfast featuring award-winning novelist Angela Flournoy on Feb. 7 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront.
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Coppin State University’s Live Near the Nest program is making Maryland history by offering $50,000 in down payment assistance—the largest initiative of its kind in the state—to help faculty, staff and alumni achieve homeownership in West Baltimore’s historic Black neighborhoods. The program is already transforming lives by closing equity gaps, stabilizing communities and enabling participants to build generational wealth while deepening their ties to the neighborhoods where they live and work.
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By Avery Boyce | WIAT Alabama Power said it is prepared for the possibility of widespread power outages during the anticipated weekend winter storm. As of Tuesday morning, Alabama Power expects customers in the northern part of the state to be most impacted. “We’ll continue to monitor the weather forecast, and when we officially determine […]

BY JE’DON HOLLOWAY-TALLEY | Special to the Birmingham Times JOI & THALMUS MAHAND Live: Titusville Married: Oct. 1, 2004  Met: Winter 2002, at Enterprise Rental Cars in Roebuck. Thalmus worked there as a leasing agent, and Joi had joined the staff as an intern through a program at her school, Berea College, in Berea, Kentucky. […]

By Alaina Bookman | abookman@al.com Alabama Public Television leaders say donations have increased since choosing to stick with PBS, while WLRH, a radio station in Huntsville, saw a dramatic loss of financial support after dropping National Public Radio (NPR). Supporters say the same could happen if APT drops PBS. At an APT board meeting on […]

In the largest Medicare Advantage fraud settlement to date, Kaiser Permanente has agreed to pay $556 million to settle Justice Department allegations that it billed the government for medical conditions patients didn’t have.

We honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. each January with speeches, service projects, and by reciting powerful quotes we know by heart. But too many Black families will spend much of MLK Day the same way they spend most Mondays.

Each year on the third Monday in January, communities across the nation honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. In Bakersfield and throughout Kern County, that legacy is reflected not only in remembrance ceremonies, but in hands-on service and community care.

Survivors of violence, community activists, and lawmakers from across California joined forces at a press conference at the State Capitol on Jan. 13.

A question recently emailed to the office of Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D-Inglewood) was not about legislation, policy, or governance.

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS The Huntsville City Council moved through a wide-ranging agenda on Thursday, January 8, approving actions spanning historic preservation, arts and entertainment growth, and a transformative economic development plan for North Huntsville—one that […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS In a way, it makes perfect sense that Alabama still, embarrassingly, honors Robert E. Lee on the same day it honors Martin Luther King Jr.  Lee was a hateful, mean-spirited man who […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS Madison Hospital on Wednesday unveiled a groundbreaking advancement in emergency care — a state-of-the-art acute care transport ambulance capable of delivering ICU-level treatment on the road — and surprised a longtime public […]

SPEAKIN’ OUT NEWS The Democratic National Committee has issued a formal warning to the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office, signaling possible legal action if the state proceeds with an agreement that Democrats say could violate […]

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In search of individuals who were employed at REDSTONE ARSENAL in HUNTSVILLE between 1957-1979 and worked with HOWARD CAUSEY, please call 1-855-988-2537. 

STATE OF ALABAMA TO THE CLERK OF THE Circuit COURT OF SAID COUNTY: MADISON You ore hereby notified thnl on the /A.Jay of Ocr:- . . 2025. suit was instituted by the undersigned in lhe […]

Under and by the virtue of an execution issued out of the CIRCUIT Court of MADISON County on a Judgment rendered against THE RESERVES AT GREEN MEADOWS Defendant(s) and in favor PETRIE CONSTRUCTION, LLC Plaintiff(s). […]

Under and by the virtue of an execution issued out of the DISTRICT Court of MADISON County on a Judgment rendered against AARON HOVIS Defendant(s) and in favor GLADYS TURRUBARTES AND YADER ROMERO Plaintiff(s). I, […]

Notice is hereby given to:  TODD A. DAVIS, JR., or any other person or persons, in interest of the following proceedings in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Alabama:  Summons and Complaint filed with the […]

Notice is hereby given to:  RODNEY LEWIS HAMRICK or any other person or persons, in interest of the following proceedings in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Alabama:  Summons and Complaint filed with the Circuit […]

Authored by Assemblymembers Ash Kalra (D–San Jose) and Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D–Los Angeles), Assembly Bill (AB) 1157 — known as the Affordable Rent Act — failed last week to advance out of the Assembly Judiciary Committee, marking the second consecutive year the rent control proposal has been halted in the Legislature.

Responding to recent fatal shootings and an uptick in misconduct and excessive use-of-force incidents by federal policing agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), California lawmakers are proposing some legal guardrails to prevent them and hold officers accountable.

Alabama A&M University Vice President of Research and Economic Development, Dr. Majed El-Dweik, was recently invited to Washington, D.C., to serve as an expert panelist at the World Bank Group Knowledge Café, held in conjunction […]

Released last year and available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, iHeart, and TIDAL, the Alabama A&M University Choir 150th Anniversary album serves as both a tribute to a century and a half of faith, […]

Alabama A&M University senior Jaeveon Jordan has earned national recognition after winning the Rally Cry National Championship Series for EA SPORTS College Football 26, emerging as the top collegiate player in the country during the […]

By Megan SaylesAFRO Staff Writermsayles@afro.com The Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission (MLTRC) has released its final report, outlining 84 recommendations for the state to reckon with its enduring legacy of racial terror lynchings and marking the culmination of six years of research and public hearings. The commission hosted a virtual briefing on the report—released […]
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By Chrissy M. Thornton I have spent my career learning how to lead with vision, discipline, empathy and results. I believe I have earned my seat – through education, experience, sacrifice and outcomes. Yet still, as a Black woman CEO, I am routinely reminded that credentials do not inoculate you from dismissal; that power, in […]
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TRAGIC DEATH “A Mother’s Cry for Justice”: 19-Year-Old Killed While Working at Amazon in Bessemer ROYAL FUNERAL HOME Mr. Kennedy Toney April 11, 1967 – January 10, 2026 Graveside service for will be held at […]

By Speakin’ Out News Sports Desk MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama A&M University’s men’s basketball team showed poise down the stretch Monday night, using clutch free-throw shooting to secure a 73–69 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) victory over Alabama State […]

By Speakin’ Out News Sports Desk HUMBLE, Texas — Alabama A&M University bowler Michele Westmoreland delivered a standout performance at the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) West Regional, finishing second overall and leading the Bulldogs during competition at AMF Diamond Lanes. […]

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a powerful community concert at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Featuring the Morgan State University Choir, the program celebrated the civil rights leader and his legacy through music by Black composers.
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By Speakin’ Out News Staff Smoking remains one of the most dangerous and preventable threats to public health, and new research is reinforcing just how deadly the habit can be. A study published today in JAMA […]

By Speakin’ Out News Staff MONTGOMERY, Ala. — As Alabama moves deeper into the 2025–2026 winter respiratory illness season, state health officials report that influenza, particularly a new H3N2 subclade K variant, is fueling a surge in […]

By Speakin’ Out News Staff The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has once again missed its deadline to propose a ban on formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing chemicals in hair-straightening products, despite mounting evidence linking the chemicals […]