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By MATTHEW BARAKAT It came as a surprise to Mottrom Drive resident Beau Fitzpatrick that he lives on a street named for a Confederate soldier.“Really? I always assumed it was named for an apple, or apple juice,” he said, referring to […]

By BRYAN ANDERSON Tens of thousands of North Carolina college students will need to get a COVID-19 vaccine or be tested weekly, according the University of North Carolina System.  The system serving roughly 250,000 students at 16 public colleges and […]

By EDDIE PELLS They set records everyone saw coming and others that surprised the experts.  They suffered, and battled, and spoke their truth in ways that hadn’t been heard before.  Over nine days at the near-empty Olympic Stadium, the women […]

A South Carolina prosecutor is using a federal grant to expand a program that can let non-violent criminals who are veterans or addicted to drugs avoid prison. The 14th Judicial Circuit’s Multidisciplinary Court program is expanding from Beaufort County into […]

Dr. Erin H. Moore joins the CRSJ with a diverse range of experience in higher education, telecommunications, and nonprofits. The Shaw University Center for Racial and Social Justice (CRSJ) is elated to announce Dr. Erin H. Moore as the new […]

By DANI ROSS, Staff Writer Our world is in such chaos that even the earth itself is revolting. Across the globe citizens, who are tired of being marginalized and ignored, are rising up to fight against their governments. Circumstances have […]

By WILL GRAVES Simone Biles found something a little more manageable than the weight of the world. Bronze. The American gymnastics superstar earned her seventh Olympic medal and second in Tokyo with a third-place finish in the balance beam final […]

By MICHAEL CASEY Evictions, which have mostly been on pause during the pandemic, are expected to ramp up on Monday after the expiration of a federal moratorium as housing courts take up more cases and tenants are locked out of […]

By DAVID RISING With coronavirus deaths rising in Myanmar, allegations are growing from residents and human rights activists that the military government, which seized control in February, is using the pandemic to consolidate power and crush opposition. In the last […]

A manufacturer of cages for inmate transport vans has agreed to pay $1 million to the family of a South Carolina mental health patient who drowned during 2018′s Hurricane Florence while trapped inside a sheriff’s department van outfitted by the […]