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Is Your Gut Health Affecting Your Mental Health?

February 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

by Jaleesa Robinson It’s interesting to learn how the body functions and how in sync the body is with each part of itself. Along with the help that you put into it, the body is basically […]

AAMU ALUM BECOMES JUDGE

February 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

Judge Stokes An avid Bulldog fan and lover of ‘all things AAMU’ has achieved yet another honor in Alabama’s major port city. Freddie Demetrius Stokes (above, center) has become a municipal court judge for the […]

Man sues Alabama police after K-9 bite nearly cost him his arm

February 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Ashley Remkus, The Associated Press A man who spent 36 days in the hospital after a bite by a police dog nearly cost him his arm is now suing two Alabama police officers and […]

CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH: How the Black Church saved Black America

February 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

Political activists — including Malcolm X, of course, but especially the Black Panther Party in the latter half of the 1960s — have debated whether the role of the Black embrace of Christianity under slavery […]

Alabama officials receive complaints about Black History Month as state debates CRT legislation

February 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Trisha Powell Crain As Alabama lawmakers look to take up multiple bills in the coming weeks that would ban divisive concepts associated with critical race theory, Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey on Wednesday told members of […]

Medicare change: At-home COVID tests covered soon

February 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Leada Gore At-home COVID-19 tests will soon be covered by Medicare, the agency announced. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced Thursday Medicare beneficiaries and people with Medicare Advantage plans will have access to […]

AAMU STUDENT RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARSHIP

February 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

Connecting Students to the Aerospace Field An Alabama A&M University mechanical engineering major is a recent recipient of the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship, recently awarded to students at 26 institutions throughout the United States. Jarrett […]

A LISTING OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S NEARLY TWO DOZEN VISITS TO BIRMINGHAM

February 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

By Ryan Michaels | The Birmingham Times Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Birmingham have been intertwined ever since the Civil Rights leader helped dismantle segregation in a city once known as “Bombingham” for the […]

Black History

OP-ED: Top three reasons to invest in Reproductive Justice during Black History Month

February 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — This Black History Month, give Black women the gift of empowerment by investing in organizations dedicated to Reproductive Justice (RJ). Black women have been at the forefront of every progressive social movement […]

Black History of Health: Frederick Douglass

February 11, 2022 Bouldin 0

by Jade Curtis Frederick Douglass was one of the great American anti-slavery leaders of the 1800s. Born a slave in Maryland, he quickly learned that God had a much bigger plan for him. After escaping slavery […]