Home

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Raleigh, NC – When we first brought you the story of Gwendolyn White, our community was forced to confront a deeply uncomfortable reality: a citizen can call for help, waving a flag of distress, only […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Raleigh, NC – It was a standing-room-only crowd in Raleigh as North Carolina Senate Democratic Leader Sydney Batch took the stage alongside national voting rights champion, attorney, and author Stacey Abrams for an intensive, data-driven […]

By Judaea Ingram Special To The Carolinian For many families across the Triangle, the Fourth of July meant backyard cookouts, parades and fireworks. For others, the holiday was spent beside incubators and hospital bassinets, celebrating milestones far different from those […]

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Gov. Josh Stein signed four bipartisan bills into law Monday at the Executive Mansion, capping the General Assembly’s short session with legislation addressing gang violence, the state’s involuntary commitment system, housing affordability and a sweeping […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer On Monday, July 6th Govenor Josh Stein signed House Bill 1173 widely known as Jaleeyah’s Law in the presence of Jaleeyah’s mother, family, and community leaders. Jaleeyah’s Law is designed to increase penalties for gang-related […]

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Nine people were shot and at least 29 arrests were made after an estimated 8,000 teenagers gathered across two Raleigh locations over the Fourth of July weekend in what police described as large, social media-organized […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Readers, writers and families gathered inside the historic Second Ward Gymnasium on Saturday as the fourth annual Charlotte African American Book Festival returned to the Queen City, transforming the venue into a vibrant celebration of Black literature, […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer For generations, municipal elections in the state’s smaller towns have operated on a simple premise: neighbors voting for neighbors based on local issues, free from the toxic polarization of national party politics. Senate Bill 876 […]

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Educator and civil rights advocate Rose Butler Browne played a key role in advancing educational access in North Carolina and across the United States during the 20th century. Born in Boston in 1897, Browne was […]

Columbia, S.C. – Logan Wells, a rising senior from Columbia, South Carolina, has been crowned Miss South Carolina’s Teen, becoming just the second African American woman to earn the title in the past 24 years. Her historic victory follows the […]