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By Dr. Nora Volkow NIH Saturday, August 31, was International Overdose Awareness Day, when we collectively remember those who have lost their lives to drug overdose, support those who grieve those losses, and offer encouragement to those who seek recovery from addiction. It is also an opportunity to share new knowledge about the overdose crisis and strategies for confronting it. There is some very good news this year: Provisional data

RALEIGH, N.C. - Boxed lunches eased appetites during North Carolina Black Alliance's (NCBA) midyear retreat at a Southeast Raleigh church in August. There Marcus Bass was after lunch breaking down the boxes for easier disposal, going about the task with a certain vigor, like he was the clean-up man for the church. Bass is NCBA's deputy director. He's a big deal. Yet he cared about the person whose job at

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer In the world of North Carolina politics, Senator Natalie Murdock is proving that authenticity is the ultimate political currency.  As the first Black woman under 40 to serve in our state Senate, Murdock isn't just filing bills; she's building a brand rooted in the culture and the real-life struggles of her constituents. During a recent conversation, Murdock drew a thoughtful parallel between the halls of

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Frank S. Greene Jr. stands as one of Silicon Valley's quiet architects, an engineer whose work on early semiconductor memory chips helped accelerate modern computing. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in St. Louis during an era of racial segregation, Greene showed an early talent for math and science. Encouraged by his parents to pursue education despite systemic barriers, he became one of the first

[caption id="attachment_15363" align="alignnone" width="900"] Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.People visit the site of a U.S. airstrike in Northwest, Jabo, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/ Tunde Omolehin)[/caption] JABO, Nigeria (AP) - Sanusi Madabo, a 40-year-old farmer in the Nigerian village of Jabo, was preparing for bed on Thursday night when he heard a loud noise that sounded like a plane crashing. He rushed outside his mud

By: Jordan Meadows, Staff Writer Annie Wealthy Holland's life story is inseparable from the story of Black education in the early twentieth-century South. Born in 1871 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Holland entered the world on land adjacent to the Wealthy plantation, where her grandmother had been enslaved. She was named after Annie Wealthy, the plantation owner who had freed her grandfather. From an early age, Holland understood education

RALEIGH, N.C. - Try as some might to confine Black history to a month, there's just too much to limit it to 28 days a year. Faith Howell-Bey discovered similarly with Women's History Month. "When I first created Queens Table Brunch, it was envisioned as a one-time Women's History Month event highlighting the work and legacy of Shaundrelle Watson. She's the founder of The Brown & Black Cultural Exchange, a

[caption id="attachment_15334" align="alignnone" width="1760"] Democracy Green "What's in Your Water" campaign in Raleigh, NC.[/caption] WUNC - When the Trump administration terminated the nearly $2 billion EPA Community Change Grant Program earlier this year, organizations across the nation lost millions of dollars in environmental justice grants. In North Carolina, the birthplace of the environmental justice movement, three organizations have lost more than $41 million in grants combined, due to the termination

[caption id="attachment_15328" align="alignnone" width="780"] Welcome sign to the town of Speed, in eastern Edgecombe County. Lucas Thomae / Carolina Public Press[/caption] Carolina Public Press - SPEED - Despite its name, life moves slowly in the Town of Speed. So does its municipal government, which has been pressured by the state's Local Government Commission to dissolve voluntarily after falling way behind on mandatory financial reports. Speed, a 0.3-square-mile parcel of land

NEW YORK (AP) - The start of a new year usually brings new motivation to achieve goals like eating healthier or finally cleaning your basement. Many resolutions also focus on financial goals, such as paying off credit card debt, saving for a new house, or simply getting more educated about money. "New Year's is a really good time to review and realign your financial goals overall," said Erica Grundza, certified