Deval Patrick’s presidential campaign has hired LaJoia Broughton to run his South Carolina operation, a campaign official told POLITICO. Broughton, the second person to be named publicly as a member of Patrick’s fledgling campaign, is a political operative based in the state capital of […]
The family of a Black North Carolina student who exposed a racist student group chat is calling for those involved to be punished. Cenayia Edwards, 14, uncovered racist threats Sept. 26 in a chat involving two students at her East Wake High School in Wendell, […]
Monroe Nathan Work didn’t enter high school he was 23, but became one of the leading sociologists of his time. He was born August 15, 1866 in Iredell County, North Carolina. Work born to parents who were former slaves. When his mother died, Work moved […]
Voters in North Carolina, this week brought new levels of prominence to minorities in law enforcement by electing black sheriffs in all seven counties in the state. Five of those counties – Cumberland, Guilford, Buncombe, Forsyth and Durham – made history as they elected black sheriffs for […]
Hurricane Florence swirled over the Carolinas on Saturday, dumping non-stop rain over areas already flooded by seawater, swelling rivers, and creeks across both states. Some towns have already been soaked by more than 2 feet of nonstop rains, and forecasters have warned that totals could reach […]
Inmates at North Carolina’s Hyde Correctional Institute are protesting in support of a nationwide prisoner strike to call attention to the deep issues that plague the prison system. Specifically, the are protesting low inmate wages, unlivable facilities, and harsh sentences. It is not clear exactly […]