Author: The Carolinian

[caption id="attachment_19050" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Two Seniors from the Covenant Senior Living facility visited Rocky Mount's Community Garden on Wednesday morning. They pull ripened cucumbers and zucchini to take back to their neighbors at Covenant.[/caption] ECU Health / Conetoe Family Life Center Chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and cancer continue to place a heavy burden on the United States healthcare system. These conditions affect millions of Americans and

NEW YORK (AP) - How many women hold executive-level positions at top U.S. companies? What is the racial and ethnic breakdown of those roles? What is the gender and racial breakdown of the lowest-paid roles at those companies? The Trump administration is making it harder for the public to know, moving to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports

WASHINGTON (AP) - A'Zariah Miles' dream of attending Howard University was a few weeks from being realized. Then it all came crashing down. Miles, 17, of Knoxville, Tennessee, is one of more than 500 incoming first-year students at Howard who learned this week that they have been unenrolled from the prestigious, historically Black Washington, D.C., university and no longer have spots for the upcoming fall semester that begins Aug. 17.

THE GUARDIAN - As he approaches the 45th anniversary of his incarceration in December, the Black radical writer and prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal is taking his claim that he has been subjected to arbitrary imprisonment for a crime that he did not commit to a new tribunal: the United Nations in Geneva. On Tuesday Abu-Jamal, 72, lodged a petition with the UN's working group on arbitrary detention, a body within the

NC NEWSLINE - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will be reopening a for-profit prison in Winton, North Carolina, as one of the largest immigrant detention facilities on the East Coast, according to reports from the New York Times. The report cited internal ICE documents showing plans for a mass detention center in the former Rivers Correctional Institution with 1,400 beds. It's part of an agreement between the federal government and 

By Torrie Walker Her Campus, Howard University A customer walks into Walgreens expecting to pick up a prescription. Instead, they often leave with something else: a hug, a listening ear or a few words of encouragement. For Ms. Yvonne "Nana" Francis, caring for people has never ended when the workday does. Whether raising four children, operating an in-home daycare for nearly 40 years, helping customers at the pharmacy or guiding

Durham, N.C. - Durham County Government is pleased to announce the selection of Sheila Bowens-Bratts as the new director of the Durham Youth Home. Bowens-Bratts, a veteran juvenile detention professional, with nearly 30 years in youth rehabilitation, replaces former long-time Youth Home Director Angela Nunn who retired earlier this year. "I am excited at the opportunity to work with Ms. Bratts in her new role as Youth Home Director," said

RALEIGH, NC - Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) has closed on financing to renovate 50 affordable rental apartments in duplex apartment buildings on Garner Road in Raleigh, North Carolina. POAH purchased the property with support from Wake County with the goal to preserve existing affordability and prevent displacement of residents. The property was a former Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) project approaching the end of its 30-year affordability covenant. The

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Clara Ester, an activist who as a 20-year-old college student rushed to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s side when he was shot, has died. Ester, who died on July 9 at the age of 78, was among a few remaining witnesses to King's assassination and its immediate aftermath in Memphis. With the passing of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. in February and Ester this month,

By Karl Cameron Contributing Writer WASHINGTON DC-Rev. Isaiah Green, Jr. and his Civil Rights Group, Equal Treatment Now, Inc., which has supported Bridget M. Long since 2023 in her Civil Rights Employment Discrimination Retaliation Claim case, has gotten approval to move forward with the case at the Appellate Court in Richmond Virginia. Rev. Green conveyed his concerns regarding corrupt conduct that is continuously being perpetrated by Federal District Court personnel,