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By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Black Conservative Federation released its 2026 State of Black America Report on Wednesday afternoon, presenting what the organization’s leaders described as an accounting of Black American life built entirely from federal, academic, and independently […]

Dr. Joynicole Martinez Rising Tide Capital She opens her salon at 7 a.m., cuts hair until the last client leaves, and goes home to do the books at the kitchen table. She pays her taxes. She employs two stylists. And […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer The North Carolina Department of Commerce released August County and Area Unemployment figures on September 30th. We learned that unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) decreased in 91 counties in August 2026 and remained unchanged in […]

THE CONVERSATION – The 2026 U.S. midterm campaigns are the first in which AI-generated political ads are regularly appearing on people’s televisions and social media feeds. We are researchers who have been studying political advertising through the Wesleyan Media Project […]

NC NEWSLINE – With Election Day less than a month away, lawmakers in several states are suspending gas taxes or rolling back regulations on diesel fuel as voters grow increasingly frustrated with rising fuel costs amid President Donald Trump’s war […]

The 2026 Color of Education Summit brought educators, students, researchers, policymakers, advocates and community leaders together at the McKimmon Conference & Training Center in Raleigh on Oct. 3 for a day focused on racial equity and educational justice in North […]

NC NEWSLINE – The U.S. Department of the Treasury released new guidance Thursday for participating states, scholarship-granting organizations and taxpayers as the federal scholarship tax credit program prepares to take effect in January. Created through President Donald Trump’s massive tax […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Americans spent more than $160 billion last year using buy now, pay later plans, according to research published by Federal Reserve economists. Experts say they’re increasingly seeing people use the plans for everyday expenses like groceries, […]

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Southeast Raleigh residents and local candidates gathered Saturday at the Garner Woman’s Club for a People’s Assembly and candidate forum on proposed data center development in the region, with nearly every candidate in attendance backing […]

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Dr. Keisha Grayson Rogers, professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling and chair of the Faculty Senate at Winston-Salem State University, has been named the 2026 Black Mental Health Educator of the Year by the Black Mental Health […]