‘I Can’t Breathe’: The 10th Anniversary Of Eric Garner Death By Police Chokehold
NEW YORK (AP) – Wednesday marks 10 years since the death of Eric Garner at the hands of New York City police officers made “I can’t breathe” a rallying cry. Bystander video showed Garner gasping the phrase while locked in […]
Read MoreDecades After Billie Holiday’s Death, ‘Strange Fruit’ Is Still a Searing Testament to Injustice
By: Tracy Fessenden Professor of Religious Studies, Arizona State University Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity hospital on […]
Read MoreGene Therapy May Cure Rare Diseases. Drugmakers Have Few Incentives leaving families desperate
(AP)-Robin Alderman faces an agonizing reality: Gene therapy might cure her son Camden’s rare, inherited immune deficiency. But it’s not available to him. In 2022, London-based Orchard Therapeutics stopped investing in an experimental treatment for the condition, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. And […]
Read MoreSoccer-Euro-Spain and Russia face UEFA racism charges
By Justin Palmer Reuters WARSAW, June 26 (Reuters) – UEFA has charged the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and Russian Football Union (RFS) for racist behaviour and racist chanting by their national teams’ fans during Euro 2012 matches. “UEFA has opened […]
Read MoreDozens of immigrant and US-born small business owners face eviction as Mebane continues to grow
MEBANE, NC – The Buckhorn Road Flea Market off of Interstate 85 near Mebane in Alamance County was mostly empty Tuesday morning, a day after the Mebane City Council approved annexation and rezoning requests to pave the way for a […]
Read MoreRent inflation remains an issue for small businesses
NEW YORK (AP) – Cost pressures continue to hurt small businesses. In particular, rent inflation is a pressure point for small businesses, according to new data from the Bank of America Institute. The average monthly share of rent in total […]
Read MoreShaw University Conducts “Emergency” Fundraising Drive To Help 45 Students
By Cash Michaels Contributing writer Shaw University in Raleigh has an emergency on its hands, but this time it’s trying to prevent a tragedy, not recover from one. As of July 1st, 45 of the small, private, Baptist-affiliated historically Black […]
Read MoreThis City Wants to Raze Black Properties, at the Cost of Generational Wealth.
By: Dr. Joseph Askew On the east side of Kinston, North Carolina, historic buildings still bear the original architecture. Whether it’s on Queen Street, where formerly enslaved people became entrepreneurs, or Gordon Street, the neighborhood’s significance is clear. The town, […]
Read MoreLegacy of Lela Thompson: Sprouting Diversity in Wilmington’s Theater Scene
By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer In July 1967, Lela Pierce Thompson made history as the first African American woman to graduate from Wilmington College, now known as UNC-Wilmington, following its integration. After graduating from the formerly all-Black Williston High School […]
Read MoreCornel West Denied Ballot Access in North Carolina
By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer On Tuesday morning, the North Carolina State Board of Elections decided that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘s We The People Party would be permitted to run for president. The board denied ballot access to another […]
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