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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="880"] Mike Groll / AP[/caption] 88.5 WFDD - North Carolina is among four states participating in a new national initiative designed to expand education and job opportunities for people leaving prison. The state's Department of Adult Correction will join the inaugural cohort of the Fair Chance to Advance State Action Network. The program focuses on removing barriers to education, job training and employment for people with histories

BPR News - For months, state officials have raised concerns that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had not approved a single buyout project. Now it seems the federal government is moving forward. After months of uncertainty over the fate of hundreds of properties, FEMA green-lit a small batch of properties for acquisition in Western North Carolina, mostly in Henderson and Buncombe Counties. The approvals - which some people have waited

(AP NEWS) As communities across the country on Monday host parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the political climate for some is more fraught with tensions than festive with reflection on the slain Black American civil rights icon's legacy. In the year since Donald Trump's second inauguration fell on King Day, the Republican president has gone scorched earth against diversity,

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Water, light, food, and air are the major keys, according to Denslo "Dee" Page. A breath of fresh air, and an avid gardener, Dee began gardening in 1978, mostly inside. She has plants nearing the ceiling that she has nursed for years. A vegetarian and health enthuistist Dee decided to begin growing food. Beginning in pots, she noticed her plants growing and thriving, so she

[caption id="attachment_15629" align="alignnone" width="918"] The 1917 Silent Parade in New York City[/caption] By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer When the United States entered the First World War in April 1917, it proclaimed itself a defender of democracy abroad. At home, however, the pressures of war exposed and intensified long-standing racial and economic injustices. Nowhere was this contradiction more violently revealed than in the racial riots and massacres that erupted during the

(AP NEWS) As communities across the country on Monday host parades, panels and service projects for the 40th federal observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the political climate for some is more fraught with tensions than festive with reflection on the slain Black American civil rights icon's legacy. In the year since Donald Trump's second inauguration fell on King Day, the Republican president has gone scorched earth against diversity,

Nationwide - Dr. Juan P. Chisholm, an HBCU graduate and award-winning author of Mission Possible: How to Graduate from College Debt-Free, has been recognized with a Best Inspirational Short Film Award by the Global Film Festival in Los Angeles, California, for The Mission Possible Book Award documentary movie. The documentary is based on the success of Dr. Chisholm's award-winning book, Mission Possible: How to Graduate from College Debt-Free. Additionally, the

This article is adapted from reporting by Due South on WUNC. Former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan spent his tenure reshaping the nation's top environmental agency around a principle long demanded by grassroots organizers: environmental justice. Today, as political winds shift, Regan is watching many of those hard-fought gains face rollbacks and resistance. A North Carolina native, Regan's professional roots are deeply embedded in the Environmental Protection Agency.

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid in the NC General Assembly convened Tuesday afternoon to review new federal requirements and funding mechanisms for the state's Medicaid and SNAP programs stemming from H.R.1, the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act". The law tightens work requirements for Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWDs), affects eligibility for veterans and former foster youth, and mandates changes to Medicaid administration. "NC

Nationwide - Dr. Janell Green Smith, a South Carolina midwife and advocate for Black maternal health, died from complications during childbirth at just early 30s. She was a devoted professional, photographer, and mother, remembered for her work supporting Black families. The American College of Nurse-Midwives called her death a "profound failure of the systems meant to protect birthing people." According to The Grio, they said it is both heartbreaking and