U.S. citizens marching to gain their voting rights: This scene from the 1960s is repeating itself in 2015. In the 1960s, the face on the push for those rights was
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“Hands Up,” “Black Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe” have become ubiquitous, a rallying cry for legions disheartened and dismayed by excessive police violence and society’s willingness to turn a
Chants of “Forward together, not one step back” rang through downtown Winston-Salem Monday evening as the N.C. NAACP brought its Moral March to the Polls initiative to town. Hundreds assembled
(pictured above: Dr. Rev. William Barber) Hats off to the N.C. NAACP! The Tar Heel branch of the venerable civil rights organization is setting the pace for the national, state
Locals mark Juneteenth (pictured above: Residents enjoy Saturday’s Juneteenth street festival.) The city’s annual Juneteenth festival celebrated a landmark anniversary
With the May 6 primary election quickly approaching, voting rights advocates and candidates alike are scrambling to make sure that
Bond Referendum We are pleased and surprised that talk of a bond referendum has not relegated the city’s more urban
With U.S. Rep. Mel Watt’s confirmation last week to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency, there will soon be a
Pat McCrory is coming to town. The Forsyth County Republican Women have announced that our first-term governor will speak at
North Carolina’s racially segregated African American and Latino neighborhoods are more likely to suffer from inequality in living conditions related
