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Government Support Doesn’t Necessarily Make People More Religious

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By Brendan Szendro The Conversation The IRS will offer religious congregations more freedom to endorse political candidates without jeopardizing their tax-exempt status, the agency said in a July 2025 court filing. President Donald Trump has previously vowed to abolish the Johnson Amendment, which bars charitable nonprofits from taking part in political campaigns - although the latest move simply reinterprets the rule. Celebrating the change, House Speaker Mike Johnson highlighted an
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Can Homeownership Improve Health Outcomes?

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CDC-The Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes "adequate housing" as a basic human right. Housing is among the most important social determinants of health. Homeownership is an essential pathway to economic security, social mobility, stability, generational wealth, and healthy life. Financial assets such as owning a house or land passed down from one generation to the next within families is referred to as generational wealth. Recent research conducted by the
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SAU Secures Accreditation: Classes Start September 2, 2025

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RALEIGH, NC– Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) announced Friday that it has successfully secured a preliminary injunction to maintain the university’s accreditation, ensuring that classes will begin on September 2, 2025, as scheduled, with SAU remaining a fully accredited institution. The injunction, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on August 14 and granted this week, prevents any disruption to SAU’s accreditation status while the university continues its
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Gullah Geechee Elders Work To Preserve Sacred Songs

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[caption id="attachment_13259" align="alignnone" width="2000"] "Voices of Gullah" members, Joe Murray, from left, Minnie "Gracie" Gadson, Rosa Murray and Charles "Jojo" Brown, sing Gullah spirituals at the Brick Baptist Church in St. Helena Island, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)[/caption] ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Minnie "Gracie" Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song passed down from her
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AI-Powered Private School Arrives In Charlotte & Raleigh

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Carolina Public Press - Alpha School, an "AI-powered" private school, is preparing to make its mark on Charlotte and Raleigh this year.  North Carolina is part of an expansion into five additional states this fall for the private school company, which currently operates Texas and Florida. It plans to expand into Puerto Rico in 2026.  How does the school operate, and what do education experts have to say about it?
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States Scramble To Complete Renewable Energy Projects Before Tax Credits Expire

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By Alex Brown NC Newsline The abrupt termination of tax credits for clean energy projects is perhaps the most drastic blow that President Donald Trump has struck in his campaign against wind and solar electricity. As states brace for the uncertainty ahead, they are scrambling to get pending projects off the ground before the tax credits expire. "The real opportunities are making sure that the projects in the queue make
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Board of Education approves 5-year plan to make NC public schools ‘best in the nation’

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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Students work in a classroom at a Wake County public school. (Photo by Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)[/caption] NC Newsline - The North Carolina State Board of Education has approved a five-year strategic plan to make the state's public schools the best in the nation by 2030. The ambitious plan sets targets across eight key areas for the state's 1.5 million public school students. The "Achieving Educational Excellence"
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Black Unemployment Highest Since 2021

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By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer As of the most recent Labor Department report, Black unemployment stands at 7.2%, marking its highest level since late 2021. While this figure may appear modest in isolation, it represents a significant jump from 6.8% the month prior and 6.3% a year ago. Even more striking is the contrast to December 2023, when Black unemployment hit an all-time low of 5%, the lowest in U.S.
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Attorney General Jeff Jackson Launches Operation Robocall Roundup to Crack Down on Robocalls

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RALEIGH - On Thursday Attorney General Jeff Jackson launched Operation Robocall Roundup, a multistate effort by the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to crack down on robocalls across the country and in North Carolina. As part of the operation, Attorney General Jackson is taking three separate enforcement actions, including sending warning letters to 37 voice providers demanding that they act now to stop illegal robocalls being routed through their networks. "North
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NC Elections Board settles lawsuit over digital photo ID’

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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Sydney Meeks, NextGen regional organizing director, and Logan Parke, Chapel Hill field organizer, talk to a UNC-CH student during a National Voter Registration Day campus visit. (Photo by Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline)[/caption] NC Newsline-Digital IDs cannot be used to vote in North Carolina until the legislature explicitly allows it, under a settlement between the state Board of Elections and the Republican National Committee. The RNC and the
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