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THE GUARDIAN - One afternoon last October, at a hotel in a forest in a Nairobi suburb, a few dozen people sat quietly in a room watching the 2020 documentary If Objects Could Speak, which explores restitution by tracing the roots of a Kenyan artefact stored in a German museum. The people were at the two-day Wakati Wetu ("Our Time" in Swahili) festival, aimed at sparking global conversations on reparative

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer In 1925, a home rose on the corner of Fayetteville and Brant Streets in Durham, built for the founder of what would become one of the nation's most important historically Black universities. One hundred years later, the Dr. James E. Shepard House at North Carolina Central University still stands. The home was constructed for university founder and first president James E. Shepard and his family

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Durham - Avani Shah, founder and CEO of Therapy Smarts Inc., has been recognized as one of the region's outstanding health care leaders by Triangle Business Journal in its 2026 Health Care Leadership Awards. The annual awards celebrate individuals across the Triangle who are making a significant impact in health care through leadership, innovation, and dedication to improving patient outcomes. Shah was selected among a

NC Health News - What if your health plan offered free surgery, but only by surgeons on its approved list? That's the incentive behind a new program the North Carolina State Health Plan is rolling out for more than 700,000 teachers, state workers and their families. The plan connects members needing certain procedures with a select network of vetted surgeons and hospitals. Last week, officials announced that Novant Health will

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Raleigh - Sorry for the clickbait! However, it is important to note that Sydney Batch and several North Carolina State Senators are in the Epstein Files, appealing to our congress to investigate the perpetrators of these crimes against humanity. File EFTA0017248, shows the letter addressed, July 29, 2025, to The Honorable Pam Bondi, Attorney General of the United States, U.S. Department of Justice, from Members

[caption id="attachment_16662" align="alignleft" width="331"] The NC Court of Appeals ruled in 2013 that Cane Creek Village was entitled to a property tax exemption. (Photo: NC General Assembly Legislative Analysis)[/caption] NC NEWSLINE - A growing number of apartment complex owners in Wake County and elsewhere in North Carolina are taking advantage of a state law that grants property tax exemptions to nonprofits that provide affordable housing to low-and moderate-income residents, Wake

NC NEWSLINE - If it seems like your seasonal allergies start a little earlier every year, it's not all in your head. North Carolina is seeing a longer allergy season as a result of climate change, according to a new report from Climate Central. Raleigh's allergy season has lengthened by 41 days - more than a month - between 1970 and 2025, according to the analysis published March 4. The

[caption id="attachment_16795" align="alignnone" width="780"] A Wake County student's assigned laptop. Kate Denning / Carolina Public Press[/caption] CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS - Due to exhausted funds and concerns about excessive computer-screen time, some North Carolina public and private schools are considering reversing course on one-to-one device access and scaling back on in-class use. Districts across the country received billions in federal funding during the pandemic, hundreds of millions of which went toward

Dirty Dozen tax scams for 2026 WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its annual "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams for 2026, warning taxpayers and businesses to stay alert for fraud that targets personal and financial information. The list is part of the Security Summit, a partnership between the IRS, state tax agencies, and the tax industry. The effort is also tied to National Slam the Scam

By Karl Cameron An Analysis The long and winding road to the decision on the renovation of Ligon Magnet Middle School Building came to a bitter end for many Ligon alumni and community leaders on Tuesday, March 3rd, as the Wake County School Board voted to rebuild the school on the athletic field of the property. The decision came after a Tuesday afternoon work session, where board members heavily debated