Author: The Carolinian

[caption id="attachment_20843" align="alignnone" width="1760"] All Onyx World Jooselord performing live[/caption] WUNC - In December 2024, Onyx Williams, the son of Raheem Williams, better known around town as the rapper Jooselord, was diagnosed with a high-grade glioma, just two days after his fourth birthday. Onyx underwent months of radiation, but in October 2025, the family received news that the brain cancer was continuing to develop aggressively. After sharing Onyx's story with

By Angela Wilson The Root When white terror tore through Atlanta in 1906, Black families were left defenseless against ruthless racist violence. Today, history is meeting its match. In an exclusive first look at Episode 3 of The Root's original six-part docuseries, America Amended, host Trymaine Lee examines racial violence in a historic Black neighborhood in South Atlanta, its lasting aftermath, and how Black women have statistically become the fastest-growing

  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 publisher, a Vietnam veteran, a community leader, and a member of the North Carolina Media & Journalism Hall of Fame," said Pitt's son, Wali. "For 43 years, he led The

[caption id="attachment_20778" align="alignnone" width="927"] Students at Asheville High School collaborate on a Shakespeare project during a literature class in 2019. A Stanford University study ranked Asheville City Schools fifth and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools second nationally for racial achievement gaps between Black and white students. (Photo courtesy of Asheville City Schools, originally published in "Two NC School Districts With Major Racial Achievement Gaps Seek Solutions.")[/caption] NC NEWSLINE - Black students

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 receive from readers. As the newsletter turns two, I reflect, in the abridged version of the lecture below, on the importance of making space in an embattled political climate. It

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 a game against the Los Angeles Rams on Oct. 4, 2026, and after a team flight to London, the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback was given an ultrasound and diagnosed with a

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 the child after the incident. Nevada Pierre, who has gone viral for his skills as a budding soccer player at age 3, was removed from a youth league game that

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, a Black woman-led heritage hospitality network founded by historian and entrepreneur Kristin Kitchen. Beginning with Six Acres Bed & Breakfast in Cincinnati, Ohio, the network now connects four distinctive properties

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 believe, for years, so today, we're taking them to court to stop this behavior," Jackson said. The lawsuit is part of a multi-state complaint against Dollar General that includes the

[caption id="attachment_20769" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Members of the Colorado House of Representatives work on the floor during session in May 2022. Colorado has among the nation's highest rates of women serving in the state legislature. (Pema Baldwin for Colorado Newsline)[/caption] NC NEWSLINE - A record number of women are running for state legislative seats this November, more than two-thirds of whom are Democrats. Across the 46 states with legislative seats on