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Coates: Blacks as criminals idea is old and must be changed

    Coates: Blacks as criminals idea is old  and must be changed

Photo by Tevin Stinson Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates delivered a powerful speech to a large crowd of Wake Forest students on Tuesday, Nov. 17. The speech was part of

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AAA Carolinas: 1.3 million to travel over Thanksgiving

    AAA Carolinas: 1.3 million  to travel over  Thanksgiving

File Photo CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — AAA Carolinas says an estimated 1,353,000 North Carolinians are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday, a modest

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Commentary – N.C. numbers show high food insecurity

    Commentary – N.C. numbers show high food insecurity

File photo (left) Chris Fitzsimon (right) Chris Fitzsimon, founder and executive director of N.C. Policy Watch, writes the weekly column called “Monday numbers,” which provides numerical facts on a topic

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Commentary – Black students at white universities harbor solidarity, seen and unseen

    Commentary – Black students at white universities harbor solidarity, seen and unseen

Over the last few weeks, students at colleges and universities across the country have stood in solidarity with Mizzou [the University of Missouri], a public university in Missouri that made

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Commentary – Stop the trivialization and preservation of slavery and racism

    Commentary – Stop the trivialization and preservation of slavery and racism

File Photo Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. – Guest Columnist As one of the co-founders of the evolving environmental justice

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Letters to the Editor – atrocities against humanity, fighting poverty

    Letters to the Editor – atrocities against humanity, fighting poverty

ACGG condemns inhumanity to humanity To the Editor: The ongoing atrocities against humanity being committed in Paris, Nigeria and Burma

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Editorial – Open and honest government seems elusive

    Editorial – Open and honest government  seems elusive

How open and honest is state government in North Carolina? Not very, according to a new report from the Center

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Chicago officer charged with murder in killing of black teen

    Chicago officer charged with murder in killing of black teen

Journalist Brandon Smith, left, and activist William Calloway talk to reporters Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, after a Cook County judge

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