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By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Raleigh Women’s Market returned to downtown Raleigh this month, transforming Moore Square into a place for women-owned businesses, artists and performers from across the Triangle. Held last Sunday afternoon, the event coincided with International […]

(RALEIGH) Today Governor Josh Stein called on the General Assembly to fast-track a $1.4 billion Critical Needs Budget focused on addressing North Carolina’s most urgent needs while lawmakers continue work on a comprehensive state budget. “North Carolina has gone nearly […]

Last week’s 36th Annual Black History Celebration in Raleigh, North Carolina, hosted by SAU alumna Octavia Rainey, Class of 1978, in partnership with the College Park, Idlewild, and Tarboro Road Community Center, served as a heartfelt tribute to the life […]

(AP) – Standing alongside his son’s Ford pickup truck at a central Iowa gas station off Interstate 80, Francisco Castillo was not happy. He had voted for President Donald Trump in the last election. He believed Trump had strengthened the […]

By: Jordan Meadows Staff Writer State lawmakers on Tuesday afternoon pressed North Carolina Medicaid officials about rising costs, enrollment trends and funding gaps during a meeting of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid at the North Carolina General Assembly. […]

THE GUARDIAN – An antiques auction selling chains linked to the enslavement of African people in Zanzibar has been accused of “profiting from slavery”. Neck irons dated to the Omani-Arab dominated trade in enslaved people in east Africa, which ended […]

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Greensboro – Stephanie C. Simon is North Carolinian dedicated to art and service. After  enjoying a 27 year career with the Guilford County Department of Public Health in the Maternity Services Program, specifically in Maternity […]

By Jordan Meadows  Staff Writer Since its founding in 2017, the Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium has set out to do one thing: transform the philanthropic landscape for Black girls and women across the South. In 2017, LaTosha Brown, […]

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Leaders in the 100 Black Men of Coastal North Carolina are sharing the importance of its organization during Black History Month. It is part of 100 Black Men of America, which the organization describes as the […]

NC NEWSLINE – After three years of planning, North Carolina officials on Monday launched the Public Service Leadership Program, a five-year effort to expand the state’s social work workforce and address shortages in rural and underserved communities. The new program, […]