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WASHINGTON (AP) - Sitting in the Oval Office behind the iconic Resolute desk in 2022, an animated President Joe Biden described the challenge of leading a psychologically traumatized nation. The United States had endured a life-altering pandemic. There was a jarring burst of inflation and now global conflict with Russia invading Ukraine, as well as the persistent threat to democracy he felt Donald Trump posed. How could Biden possibly heal

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2024 - The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $4.5 million in funding to establish three additional USDA Nutrition Hubs in communities across the country. The new Nutrition Hubs will provide tailored and scalable approaches to equitably advance food and nutrition security and help prevent diet-related chronic diseases, especially in historically underserved communities. The additional Hubs will create a network that builds

DURHAM - More resources are on the way for Durham County's small businesses. Durham County is excited to announce that $2.25 million has been awarded to two Durham nonprofits to provide a network of resources to support small businesses. Forward Cities, recipient of a $1.5 million award, will administer E3 (Equity for Every Entrepreneur) Durham, an emergent ecosystem of entrepreneurial support organizations that provides assessment and referral to partner organizations,

By Ms. Jheri Worldwide, Staff Writer July 18th, Vice President Kamala Harris visited Westover High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Mayor Colvin spoke first, mentioning that the Biden administration has sent $200 million to Fayetteville and Cumberland County. The mayor discussed the investments during the pandemic in families retaining their homes, water, and electric buses, and the 16 million dollar investment in HBCUs. He also touched on elements of Project

[caption id="attachment_8091" align="alignnone" width="588"] L to R: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo, Mayor of Durham, Leonardo Williams, Shaw University President & CEO Dr. Paulette R. Dillard, Operation HOPE Chairman John Hope Bryant.[/caption] RALEIGH - Whether it's business, housing, education, sports - you name it - when Black people are provided with the rules of engagement and a legitimate shot, they excel, Operation HOPE Chairman John Hope Bryant insisted

By Linda J. Bilmes and Cornell William Brooks Harvard Kennedy School As Americans celebrated Juneteenth, legislation for a commission to study reparations for harms resulting from the enslavement of nearly 4 million people has languished in Congress for more than 30 years. Though America has yet to begin compensating Black Americans for past and ongoing racial harms, our new research published in the Russell Sage Foundation Journal in June 2024,

NEW YORK (AP) - Kamala Harris is smashing fundraising records as the Democratic Party's donors - big and small - open their wallets for the vice president in the immediate aftermath of President Joe Biden's stunning decision to step aside. In total, Harris' team raised more than $81 million in the 24-hour period since Biden's announcement, campaign spokesperson Kevin Munoz said Monday. The massive haul, which includes money raised across

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats quickly rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris as their likely presidential nominee Sunday after President Joe Biden's ground-shaking decision to bow out of the 2024 race, a volatile fast-moving political situation just months before the November election. Shortly after Biden stepped aside he firmly endorsed Harris, who would make history as the nation's first Black and South Asian woman to become a major party's presidential nominee. Other endorsements flowed from former President Bill Clinton

2024 brings another development involving one of North Carolina’s historically black colleges/universities (HBCUs). Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) celebrates a triumph as the arbitration committee appointed by The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) decided to reverse the controversial decision to strip SAU of its membership. This reversal not only reinstates SAU’s membership but also validates the university’s commitment to academic excellence and student success. “The SACSCOC

  CHEROKEE, N.C. (AP) - The recreational sale and use of marijuana for adults on western North Carolina tribal land could begin this summer after the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians governing board voted for an ordinance expanding approved use just weeks after its medical marijuana dispensary opened. Several months earlier, tribe members backed adult recreational use on their reservation. The September referendum, approved by 70% of voters, also required