Author: Jordan Meadows

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Black Conservative Federation released its 2026 State of Black America Report on Wednesday afternoon, presenting what the organization's leaders described as an accounting of Black American life built entirely from federal, academic, and independently verified sources and data. BCF President and founder Diante Johnson opened a press briefing on the report, a 72-page document produced through BCF's newly launched Center for American Opportunity &

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Millie and Christine McKoy were twins born conjoined at the lower spine in Whiteville, North Carolina, in 1851, enslaved on a farm. Millie and Christine shared a pelvis and stood at roughly a 90-degree angle to one another, though each had a full, independent set of limbs; they were raised to think of themselves as a single person and referred to themselves as "Millie-Christine." As

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer At a Tuesday evening meeting, the Durham Board of County Commissioners commemorated White Rock's 160th anniversary with a resolution recognizing the church as a cornerstone of African American history in Durham. The resolution points to White Rock's beginnings in 1866, its role in community development and its longstanding connections to education, health care, social justice, and other institutions that helped shape Black Durham. For church

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The City of Raleigh has launched an online Housing Production Dashboard that maps and tracks the affordable housing it has helped build. The interactive dashboard pulls years of housing data into one place. Users can see how many affordable homes have been created or preserved, sort projects by program and year, and track spending from the 2020 Affordable Housing Bond. City staff said it highlights

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Wake County officials gathered Tuesday afternoon for the 2026 State of the County address, where Board of Commissioners Chair Don Mial highlighted the county's growth and the work being done across the community over the past year. The 2026 address, themed "We Are Wake," brought county commissioners, mayors and other local government and community partners together for a presentation delivered by Mial, emphasizing the county's

Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Wake County Public Libraries hosted a community education program Tuesday evening titled "Protecting Brain Health in African American Adults," featuring Dr. Ashley Sanderlin of North Carolina A&T State University, who presented research on dementia risk and prevention strategies tailored to Black communities. Sanderlin, a neuroscientist and associate professor in NC A&T's biology department, is associate director of the university's Center for Outreach in Alzheimer's, Aging and

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Mount Vernon Baptist Church marked its 140th anniversary in late September, tracing its official founding to 1886 even though the congregation's roots reach back further, to a two-room mission on Queen Street where seven or eight formerly enslaved worshippers first gathered in 1880 seeking spiritual independence. That founding group included Dolly Best, Isabella Gilmore, Will and Polly Lassiter, and Julia Richmond. The property housing that

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Christine Kushner has spent much of her life watching local government from the inside. First as a journalist, then as a health policy professional, a school board member, and a county health and human services board member, she has built a career around the public systems that most residents notice only when they stop working. Now she wants a seat on the Wake County Board

[caption id="attachment_20090" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline[/caption] By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer  The Wake County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 Monday evening to let the proposed $2 billion merger between WakeMed and Atrium Health move forward, capping a five-hour meeting that ended with sheriff's deputies clearing a packed chamber before the final vote was cast. The vote would allow WakeMed to amend its articles of incorporation and governing documents,

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Dan Bullock was 15 years old when he was killed in Vietnam on June 7, 1969, making the Goldsboro native the youngest American service member to die in the war. Bullock was born Dec. 21, 1953, in Goldsboro and lived in North Carolina until he was about 12, when his mother died, and he moved to Brooklyn to live with his father. Family members later