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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 during the Freedman’s Bank […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]