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By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer  For many years, the Gullah-Geechee people were thought to exist primarily along the sea islands of South Carolina and Georgia, distinct communities of African American descendants of enslaved West Africans who retained much of their cultural, linguistic, and culinary heritage. [caption id="attachment_11945" align="alignleft" width="448"] The Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is a 12,000 square mile National Heritage Area that spans the coastal regions of North Carolina,

On the evening of May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by police outside a grocery store in Minneapolis. From the outset, the incident became a battle of narratives. The local police initially reported Floyd was experiencing "distress" and died from a medical incident. A day later, bystander Darnella Frazier uploaded a video that showed the graphic details, including the police's excessive use of force leading up to Floyd's death. Floyd's murder, and Frazier's

By Karl Cameron Special To The Carolinian The J.W. Ligon Media Center was the scene of a lively community meeting on May 15th at 6:00 p.m. that seemingly the local African-American Community wasn't told about. The topic of the meeting was the fate of the J.W. Ligon Building, which now houses a Middle School. J.W. Ligon Senior High School Alumni attendees were particularly concerned, because no public notice of the

WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Navy SEALs based in Virginia are facing disciplinary action for racist conduct, and several of their platoon and team leaders are being disciplined for leadership failures, according to a defense official. The two enlisted Team 4 members are being punished for developing racist memes targeting a Black sailor in their platoon and circulating them in a group chat with other team members, according to the official,

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1017"] Katherine Mitchell in wheelchair is joined by her mom, Michelle Mitchell (Left) and BAYADA staffers as they prepare to visit lawmakers to advocate for better pay for caregivers. (photo: Greg Childress)[/caption] NEWSLINE - Melissa Mitchell and her daughter Katherine Mitchell were among dozens of home health care advocates who came to Raleigh on Wednesday to ask lawmakers to invest more in home health aide services. The

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="880"] Cornell Watson / for WUNC[/caption] By Brianna Atkinson | WUNC The North Carolina Senate's proposal for the upcoming biennial state budget includes more than $180 million in cuts to the state's public universities. The reductions could impact several higher education initiatives, ranging from tuition and academic centers to scholarship programs. One proposal, a $9.5 million cut to the UNC Campus Scholarship Program, could have an outsized impact

[caption id="attachment_11917" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Black man with physical disability sitting in his bedroom and browsing laptop working remotely[/caption] NEWSLINE - Private equity companies have gobbled up group homes and other services for people with disabilities, attracting the attention of state and federal regulators across the nation and alarming advocates. People with intellectual or developmental disabilities have suffered abuse, neglect and even death while under the care of private equity-owned providers,

May 18 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said in a statement on Sunday. Biden, 82, was diagnosed on Friday after experiencing urinary symptoms, and he and his family are reviewing treatment options with doctors, according to the statement. "Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I

[caption id="attachment_11898" align="alignnone" width="2560"]  [/caption] By David Morgan and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping tax-cut bill, which had been stalled for days by Republican infighting over spending cuts, won approval from a key congressional committee on Sunday in a rare victory for Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson. At an unusual Sunday night session, four hardline Republican conservatives on the House Budget Committee, who had blocked the legislation on

[caption id="attachment_11791" align="alignnone" width="1440"] (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)[/caption] (AP News) Human-caused climate change intensified deadly rainfall in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and other states in early April and made those storms more likely to occur, according to an analysis released Thursday by the World Weather Attribution group of scientists. The series of storms unleashed tornadoes, strong winds and extreme rainfall in the central Mississippi Valley region from April 3-6 and caused at least 24 deaths. Homes, roads and