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  Stateline-The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per hour. In many states, the minimum wage is automatically adjusted upward as inflation rises. But voters […]

NCHealthNews – Charlotte Sparks likes to get her hair done at Empire Beauty School. It gives students a chance to practice what they’re learning, the 84-year-old Greensboro resident said. On the weekend before Christmas, the school’s beauty salon also offered […]

  By: Ms Jheri Worldwide Staff Writer Growing up in North Carolina, I was taught and strongly encouraged to appreciate the beauty around us. From the vibrant wildflowers lining our highways to the kaleidoscope of colors as leaves changed each […]

By Jordan Meadows  Staff Writer Women in state legislatures across the United States have made notable progress, both in terms of the number of women holding office and the influence they wield. But North Carolina’s state government still lags behind […]

The Guardian-“We are the culture bearers of planet Earth,” Nikki Giovanni said in 1978 on American Black Journal, a Detroit TV program. Viewers watched the young poet, then just 36, establishing herself as part of Black American literary royalty in […]

Judge Jerry Blackwell, a Minnesota district court judge who helped prosecute Derek Chauvin for the 2020 murder of George Floyd, urged attendees of Sunday’s Martin Luther King Jr. service at Duke University to “retake your place in the march toward […]

The Conversation – Left out of GOP debates about “the weaponization” of the federal government is the use of the FBI to spy on civil rights leaders for most of the 20th century. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of […]

By Kevin A. Young Professor of History, UMass The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination in the U.S. based on “race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.” Yet, as a historian who studies social movements and political change, I […]

  By: Ms. Jheri Worldwide Staff Writer Cleveland “Chick” Harris, a name that would later echo through the annals of American football, began his life in the heart of Durham, North Carolina, in 1945. Born to teenage parents, Chick’s early […]

By Kaz Weida, Yahoo Finance If you’ve ever stared down IRS tax brackets trying to figure out where you fit, you’ll notice filing status has an outsized impact on your federal income tax. Your filing status determines not only which […]