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  By Cash Michaels Another pioneer of North Carolina’s Black Press has passed on. Ernest Harold “Ernie” Pitt, the original owner, cofounder and publisher of The Winston-Salem Chronicle died Oct. 23rd. He was 80 years old. “He was a pioneering […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Lillington, NC – On October 22, the Leading Ladies of Harnett County celebrated a milestone fifth anniversary. Leading Ladies of Harnett County, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was born out of a vital need to […]

NC NEWSLINE – Black students in North Carolina were 3.7 times as likely as their white peers to receive a short-term suspension during the 2024-25 school year, even as the overall number of suspensions continues to decline, according to an […]

THE GUARDIAN – This week, I had the great honour of delivering the Claudia Jones memorial lecture, hosted by the UK National Union of Journalists. It is partly inspired by the Long Wave and the extraordinary response it continues to […]

  By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Lillington, NC – Gathering under the warmth of fellowship, ancestral remembrance, and unyielding faith, members, visiting clergy, and lifelong friends converged on Lillington First Missionary Baptist Church to celebrate its 89th Church Anniversary and […]

THE CONVERSATION- Jalen Hurts is 28, a Super Bowl MVP and an elite athlete in peak physical condition. He was also recently diagnosed with blood clots in his leg and both lungs. After a cleat to the left calf during […]

By Brandon Caldwell The Grio Body cam footage from a viral incident involving the parents of a 3-year-old soccer prodigy and youth sports organizers in Florida highlights how the parents advocated for their child and how many are pouring into […]

By Metris Batts Progress is not always about building something new. Sometimes it begins by preserving what already stands, honoring the people whose stories live there, and creating new opportunities for the surrounding community. That vision guides Sojourn Heritage Accommodations, […]

NC NEWSLINE – At a press conference Tuesday, Jackson called Dollar General a habitual offender that has been “ripping people off,” even after being told repeatedly to resolve the problem. “They are illegally overcharging families and they have been, we […]

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer In a presentation last Thursday titled Common Ground in the Battlegrounds, researchers from the Program for Public Consultation and the Congressional Management Foundation examined polling showing substantial bipartisan agreement across a wide range of policy […]