Author: The Carolinian

SC DAILY GAZETTE - South Carolina locks up Black children at a higher rate than white children, found a report from a civil rights group released Wednesday. The American Civil Liberties Union's report, which drew from public records, came amid a push from legislators to crack down on violent crime among youth and improve conditions at the state Department of Juvenile Justice, where complaints about overcrowding and violence have persisted

[caption id="attachment_19988" align="alignnone" width="1200"] 332nd pilots at the 1949 Air Force 'Top Gun' Aerial Gunnery Competition. (U.S. Air Force)[/caption] Military.com-Lt. Col. James Harvey had one wish for much of his Air Force career. He wanted the 332nd Fighter Group - the Tuskegee Airmen - to be recognized for winning the Air Force's first-ever aerial gunnery competition. "We were the original 'Top Gun,'" he told AARP Studios. "Our competitors didn't think

By: Andrew McLean University of North Dakota Drugs for treating depression are among the most prescribed category of medications in the U.S. - 1 in 6 American adults take them. Some health researchers and advocates have raised concerns that too many patients are using antidepressants and that patients who want to stop taking them struggle to do so. One of the most prominent voices on this point is Health and

RALEIGH, N.C. - Today, North Carolina Labor Commissioner Luke Farley announced the return of the Carolina Mining Star Program, a voluntary workplace safety and health initiative that recognizes mine and quarry operations demonstrating a strong commitment to protecting workers and continuously improving workplace safety. The program's return builds on a strong year for mining safety in North Carolina. No fatal injuries were reported among North Carolina's mine and quarry workers

FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C - Makai, a 12-year-old 7th grader from Fuquay-Varina, has advanced to the Top 15 in Russell Wilson's Youth Athlete of the Year competition, a national program that recognizes young athletes for making a difference both on and off the field. Top 10 finalists will be announced tonight at 8:00 PM. Makai plays for a local club competing at the National 1 League level, one of the highest levels

By Cash Michaels Contributing Writer North Carolina Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC-12) is a primary co-signer of a Sept. 8th letter by Massachusetts Democratic Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and approximately 60 other members of Congress, to U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel, requesting an investigation into a troubling "series of deaths" by hanging of Black people across the country in recent weeks. The deaths " raise significant suspicion

[caption id="attachment_19993" align="alignnone" width="2560"] KODAK Digital Still Camera[/caption] Spelman College-MaKyra Wilson, C'2027, recently became the first person to engineer variants of AmiB2, a newly characterized gene involved in bacterial metabolism and cell-wall maintenance, and introduce them into a safer model bacterium used to study Tuberculosis. As a result, the DNA tools used in the discovery will be subsequently named after her and used to support future research. Tuberculosis remains one

WUNC - This fall, colleges of education across North Carolina are welcoming back students who had previously left their programs solely because they struggled to pass a standardized entrance exam. At UNC-Greensboro's School of Education, about 35 students returned. "We saw a large number of music ed students, dance ed students, birth through kindergarten students, and elementary (education) students who returned to the major," said Jacqueline Dozier, Director for Student

NC NEWSLINE - For years, Gerald Carr knew where to turn when his Charlotte construction company needed help navigating North Carolina's state contracting system. Now, Carr said, the rules have changed and businesses like his are scrambling to figure out what comes next. Carr, CEO of All-Pro Builders and Restorations, was among the dozens of Black and minority business owners and advocates who gathered in Greensboro Thursday to press state

NEW YORK (AP) - Closing out a turbulent summer for the news industry, the McClatchy newspaper chain has made deep cuts at The Miami Herald and other papers it owns across the nation. The union that represents McClatchy journalists said Friday that more than 90 unionized journalists and media workers across 17 publications had been laid off, accounting for about 30 percent of all McClatchy workers unionized with The NewsGuild-CWA.