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Movement for Black Lives opposes George Floyd Justice Act

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By Kat Stafford (AP) — The Movement for Black Lives is opposing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, arguing the bill doubles down on reform strategies that have historically failed to center marginalized communities and address police violence nationwide, according to a blistering letter to congressional leaders, first shared with The Associated Press. The movement, which was formed in 2014, is a coalition of 150 organizations nationwide that helped
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Georgia massage parlor shootings leave 8 dead; man captured

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By Kate Brumback, AP Shootings at two massage parlors in Atlanta and one in the suburbs Tuesday evening left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said. A 21-year-old man suspected in the shootings was taken into custody in southwest Georgia hours later after a manhunt, police said. The attacks began around 5 p.m., when five people were shot at Youngs Asian Massage Parlor in a
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North Carolina police find suspicious devices near church

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BREVARD, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina evacuated local businesses Sunday after they found several suspected incendiary devices near a Baptist church and a county building. Police in Brevard, a city of about 7,500 in western North Carolina, said they received a call at about 10:30 a.m. for a report of the devices near the First Baptist Church of Brevard and the Transylvania County Community Services Building. When officers
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Floyd family agrees to $27M settlement amidst ex-cop’s trial

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By Steve Karnowski and Amy Forliti, Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody, as jury selection continued in a former officer’s murder trial. Council members met privately to discuss the settlement, then returned to public session for a unanimous vote in support of the
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The Black community has yet to benefit in this Joe Biden economy

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“So far, the Black community has gotten a lot of empty rhetoric, broken promises and mixed messages from the Biden Administration resulting in policies that are not empowering, uplifting or truly helping Black Americans thrive and survive economically during this global pandemic.” -Paris Dennard, RNC National Spokesperson and Director of Black Media Affairs  The Black unemployment rate INCREASED in February  The Biden’s contribution to Black History month was more Black Americans losing their
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Women’s History Month: Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer

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By Dr. Joy Martinez, Staff Writer “Sometimes it seems like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I’ll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I’m not backing off.” These are the words of Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer, one of the most powerful and passionate voices of the civil and voting rights movement. Born October 6,
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Women’s History Month: Celebrating Eva Clayton

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By Dr. Joy Martinez, Staff Writer In 1992, Democrat Eva McPherson Clayton made history when she became the first Black woman in North Carolina to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. But that was not the only time the tenacious woman made history. In 1970, she became the first director of N.C. Health Careers Access Program and when elected to Warren County Board of Commissioners 1980, she became the
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IMPORTANT PPP UPDATE

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GROSS INCOME, NOT NET PROFIT, FOR SCHEDULE C FILERS In our ongoing commitment to keep you informed about the PPP program, we are excited to relay this important update about the PPP program, provided by The Tennie Group in North Carolina. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued new Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) rules that allow self-employed individuals who file Form 1040, Schedule C, Profit or Loss From Business, to calculate
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#SheInspires Women In Tech History – International Women’s Day 2021

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By Terrell Headen The women who cracked the secrets of the universe with computation: Williamina Fleming and the Harvard "Computers" In the late 1800s, men at the Harvard College Observatory were busy gazing at the sky through telescopes, gathering data about the stars and the planets. But they didn’t know what to do with the raw information they were collecting. The head of the Observatory, Edward Pickering, needed someone who
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Carolinian Exclusive: Dr. Ben Carson

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Spectacular. The word easily describes the career and mind of Benjamin Solomon Carson, the pediatric neurosurgeon whose life and talent was thrust into fame as he became the first surgeon to successfully separate twins conjoined at the skull. Over the course of his three-decade-long career here in Baltimore, Carson's name became synonymous for daring to take on highly controversial surgeries at the frontier of science. He was known for taking
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