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BY: ROB SCHOFIELD | NC Newsline The much-faster-than-expected economic recovery that's followed the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic has produced several encouraging developments in the United States: low unemployment, rising wages, strong corporate profits, flattened or even falling poverty rates - just to name a few. And while the global spike in inflation that resulted from supply chain issues, CEO wealth grabs, and Russia's war on Ukraine has taken a big

BY  LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) - New York City Mayor Eric Adams asked a federal judge to toss out the corruption case against him Wednesday, alleging prosecutorial misconduct, even as the Justice Department seeks dismissal of the charges on the Democrat's behalf. In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, his lawyers alleged that the misconduct occurred when the government publicly leaked a letter then-U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi explaining why charges

BY LAUREN IRWIN, The Hill MSNBC is canceling Joy Reid's evening news show as part of the network's overhaul under the new presidential administration. Reid's final show is planned for sometime this week, a source familiar with the changes said. She's hosted "The ReidOut" on MSNBC since 2020, discussing political news and events. Reid has also anchored "The Reid Report" and "AM Joy" for the network in the past. The network declined to comment

By Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Safi Bugel  Roberta Flack, the US singer behind a string of hits including Killing Me Softly With His Song, has died aged 88. "We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta Flack passed away this morning, February 24, 2025," a statement from her spokesperson read. "She died peacefully surrounded by her family. Roberta broke boundaries and records. She was also a proud educator." With her graceful presence,

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1536"] N.C. A&T University students on campus. (Photo: NC A&T University)[/caption] BY: GREG CHILDRESS | NC Newsline Congresswoman Alma Adams issued a statement late last week criticizing the Trump administration's decision to suspend the 1890 Scholars Program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). [caption id="attachment_177144" align="alignleft" width="300"]  Congresswoman Alma Adams (Screengrab from Zoom meeting)[/caption]  The Scholars Program was established in 1992 in partnership with USDA and the nation's

BY: ROBBIE SEQUEIRA | Stateline Across the country, state lawmakers are finding rare bipartisan ground on an increasingly urgent issue for educators and parents: banning cellphone use in schools. Fueling these bans is growing research on the harmful effects of smartphone and social media use on the mental health and academic achievement of grade to high school students. In 2024, at least eight states - California, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia - either expanded

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith during the tenure of President Donald Trump. "While we have no illusions about what we are up against in this chapter in our American story, this chapter will be written not

The Conversation - Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to give voice and dignity to the experience of Black Americans at the turn of the 20th century. He was the first Black American to make a living as a writer and was seminal in the start of the New Negro Movement and Harlem

BlackWallStreet.org Contributors: Larry Hill, BWSUSA; Antoine Gara Forbes; Janice Gerda, Case Western Reserve University; Karen Sapp, BWSUSA; Just around the start of the 20th century Ottawa W. Gurley, a wealthy African American land-owner from Arkansas, traversed the United States to participate in the Oklahoma Land run of 1889. The young entrepreneur had just resigned from a presidential appointment under president Grover Cleveland in order to strike out on his own. In

By Liz Schlemmer | WUNC  What José Oliva remembers most about Mo Green, when he was Superintendent of Guilford County Schools a decade ago, is that he was patient. Oliva, then 15, had recently arrived from Guatemala, when he was invited to be on Green's student advisory council. The group of mostly valedictorians and student body presidents would gather in a school library. "Then there was me," Oliva recalled. "Who